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In article <1992Apr9.013043.13697@gagetalker.com> scotty@gagetalker.com  
(Scott Turner) writes:

[ ... Comparison with SPARCs deleted ... ]

> Because the NeXT doesn't work the swapfile like a "normal" swap 
> partition when hiwat is set. On my slab programs will start dying when 
> hiwat is hit, as they should. BUT they start dying long before the 
> swapfile is really exhausted, ie swapfile hits hiwat but there is STILL 
> ROOM IN THE SWAPFILE! Worse, if I hit it the wrong way, my slab turns 
> into a boat anchor and must be recovered via pulling the power cord.

Well, actually, running 'shutdown -r now' from a suitably privileged  
account (root :-) will fix it; no need to pull the cord :-}
Or you could try to kill the window server (which most likely is the  
culprit - having grabbed the 'farthest' page in the swapfile).

> Hey NeXT, do me, and my local NeXT dealer, a favor and FIX THIS!!!

And if you (NeXT) don't want to, then at least let someone else fix it. (I  
thought these guys had an OS departement or what ...)

> I mean I'm using a DOS box to review images processed on my slab because
> viewing them on my slab is too damaging to the horsepower of my slab. 
> And if I had a color slab I would STILL be using the DOS box because of 
> this swapfile mess. So why buy a color NeXT?

You must be really desperate 'using' a DOS box. I have to 'use' one at  
work (as a noisy, energy-hungry and inadequate vt200 terminal). See the  
last line of my signature.

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