DSI-32 Virtual Loader, OS, Uses?

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1 total messages Started by Blackwell Mon, 09 Dec 1985 19:22

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Author: Blackwell
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1985 19:22

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According to a note I got from Definicon 12/4/85, the
virtual memory loader should be available "the first part
of January (possibly a little sooner)." 

This works like the current pc-dos load.exe, but allows up to
16Mb of virtual address space.  Neat!  Now I'll have to find a
way to use > 1Mb to see what its like (:-).  Seems pretty 
worthless under a single-tasking environment like pc-dos, tho,
unless you need *LOTS* of data storage.  I wonder what swapping
is like on a 2 drive floppy system....

Some possible uses for this might be:  a "virtual" ram disk that
overflows to disk,  another place to hide utilities like Sidekick,
??????

Has anyone thought of bringing up XINU or some other such multi-tasking
environment to run entirely on the 32032?  Unix is nice, but it takes
a lot of resources (>10Mb disk space) and is expensive; esp. if you've
just blown all your cash on the 32032 board :-).  

			Mike Blackwell

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