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Thanks very much JD!


"JD" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
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>"Daniel" <DenielMail@Internet.com> wrote:
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>> [...] do you know what's the Max size of RAM to a single PC?
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>32 bits supports 4GB and that's what they mean by win32.
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>> can i add 2 GB of RAM if i want? 
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>Yes. However, IIRC, above 2GB requires a special configuration.
>I read it a long time ago and was thinking more about 'That
>poor SOB with 4GB' and wishing I had his problem instead of
>paying attention to the technical stuff.
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>> [...] do you know maybe of any external RAM device that i can
>> connect to the USB
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>It wouldn't surprise me if something like this is out there
>but with the price of chips, it's most likely way more
>exspensive than memory by itself and guaranteed to be slower.
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>> If such thing exist how much RAM can it hold?
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>32bits can not support more than 4GB because when it's
>addressed, 4GB + 1 rolls over to zero (0xFFFFFFFF + 1).
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>> is it much slower then inside RAM?
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>Of course.
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>> can i use 'new' to allocate all it's space for my arrays
>> without paging to the hard-disk ?
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>Re-read Alan's posts to me. He did exactly that. Note that
>when they tried to change window flags to prevent paging, it
>resulted in lots of blue screens (OS crash) so they abandonded
>that idea. As it turned out, because of their design, and the
>fact that the application was given exclusive usage of the
>system, paging was prevented.
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>Alan speculated that this was because Window's will only page
>that which isn't being used and because Window's will only
>look for possible paging when it's idle.
>
>~ JD