Re: Virtual memory init

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From: Brian bcase Case
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1989 19:19

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>>>Furthermore, nobody believed that VM could be implemented so quickly
>>>on the macintosh
>>Right, and it still hasn't been done.  Connectix hasn't done real
>>virtual memory:  Mac applications must still be assigned and wired-down
>>to places in the 8 MByte memory space.
>
>Virtual memory is any scheme that allows applications to be fooled
>into thinking that there is more memory than there actually is.

Ok, ok.  I was wrong.  I'll agree:  what has been done by Connectix is,
by the simplest definition, virtual memory.

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From: bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case)
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Subject: Re: Virtual memory init
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Date: 26 Jan 89 19:19:17 GMT
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