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On 18 Sep 1995 03:51:32 GMT Jerry Shekhel (jerry@cybercom.net) wrote:
> Rask Lambertsen (gc948374@tycho.gbar.dtu.dk) wrote:

> : > When I run out of physical RAM, I'd much rather have my OS swap than stop.
> :
> : The Amiga OS doesn't stop if it runs out of RAM (it doesn't run out of RAM
> : often anyway, but that is not the point).

> It *stops* allowing you to run more programs.  And who knows what an individual
> program will do when the machine starts failing allocation requests?  Many
                                                                        ^^^^
> will die horrible deaths.

I can't think of a single one, but I'm sure you know a few million of them.

This is not different on any other OS, is it? Then stop blaming the
Amiga OS for being worse than the competition.

> : And if you want to use virtual
> : memory with Amiga OS, then you can do so if your Amiga has a MMU.

> Sure, there are tacked on, afterthought solutions.  For *some* Amigas.
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As I stated, you need an MMU.

> That work *some* of the time, from what I hear in this newsgroup.

Some people don't use their brain when programming - the results speak
for themselves.

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