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From: garyb@buffnet.net (Gary Bacchetti)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Spindles?
Date: 22 Dec 1995 19:33:32 GMT
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Doug Lerner (doug@gol.com) wrote:
: What's all this I hear about "spindles" in the discussion on running a 
: news server?

: What is a spindle?


A drive (physical)


: Also, why are people saying that huge amounts of RAM, like 48MB or more 
: are needed?

A full feed and lots of users.