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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How fast? [was: ... slugish ...]
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: 10 Dec 1994 04:38:50 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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References: <1994Nov28.194617.18912@system9.unisys.com> <3bf6ou$pm7@wup-gate.wup.de>
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In-reply-to: alexd@system9.unisys.com's message of Tue, 6 Dec 1994 20:57:57 GMT
In article <1994Dec6.205757.20950@system9.unisys.com> alexd@system9.unisys.com (Alex Dumitru) writes:
andreas@wup.de (Andreas Klemm) writes:
>What strikes me most are the 4 MB RAM. With that equipement I normally
>wouldn't do a benchmark, since you aren't sure if swapping or paging
>(depends on the amount of daemon programs that are executed when going
>into multiuser mode) give strabge results ...
4 Mb is a very usefull configuration. Besides, all the docs I've seen
claim that the OS'es install and run with this and a 386SX.
Yes, they say they will run with this, but they don't recommend it!
4MB is *far* from an optimal configuration. Just cause it works
doesn't mean it's good.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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