Re: Multitasking on the ST

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From: Jwahar R. Bammi
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1989 04:29

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In article <89081310545051@masnet.uucp>, david.megginson@canremote (DAVID MEGGINSON) writes:
>From what I've heard, Minix is very restrictive with memory.  Each
>program is allowed a maximum of 64k, and there is not VM paging.  A cute 
>toy, but useless for anything but learning.
>---
	The restriction on memory is only on the Ibm-Pc version of minix.
In ST-minix there is no such restriction. Its true that there is no
virtual memory.
	IMHO it is a little bit more than a cute toy.
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