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In article <!f4m_4k.derek@netcom.com>, derek@netcom.com (Derek LeLash) writes...

>In article <HEYES.92Aug11130300@dadev.cebaf.gov> heyes@dadev.cebaf.gov (Graham Heyes) writes:
>>I am thinking about buying a 68030 accelerator card,
>>the company selling it are tryining to sell sell me
>>"compact virtual 3.0" for $79 as part of the package.
>>They tell me that it costs over $100 when bought
>>seperately. 
>>
>>What is "compact virtual 3.0" ? 
>>
>>I thought virtual memory was part of system 7.0 and
>>didn't need any third party software to work.
>>
>(The following is just guesswork, but it's probably true :-)
>I'll bet "Compact Virtual" is the new version of Virtual from Connectix,
>updated to run under Sys 7.  Why would you want this?  Well, as I heard:
>*  You can run it in a "compact" mode, where the disk buffer is only as
>big as [virtual mem - real mem] and performance is comparable to Sys 7.
>*  or, you can use the normal mode, which takes up lots of disk space but
>is faster than the virtual memory feature in Sys 7.
>So, if either of these options sound appealing, I'd go for it.  I ran
>Virtual under System 6 and thought it was great.
> 

Nice guess, but not quite on the mark.  Compact Virtual 3.0 is a version of
Virtual that will work with various 3rd party 68030 accelerators.  System 7
virtual memory will NOT work with these accelerators even though they use
the 68030 cpu, so if you want to use virtual memory, you need to buy
Compact Virtual 3.0 (which is different from Virtual 3.0, the Virtual for
the modular macs).  I purchased a Total Systems Gemini '030 for the SE and
got Virtual 2.0 for free.  When Compact Virtual 3.0 came out I upgraded for
free.  Version 3.0 is required if you are going to use System 7.

Hope this helps.