unix and memory, sigh (was Re: What Happens If You Have > 9 Meg??

[David Kessner]

In article <18142 at cbmvax.commodore.com> jesup at cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes:
>	Don't forget that SysVR4 has shared libraries.  I'm told that X
>is ok in 4 meg, Open Look in 8 meg.

Most SysV r3.2's have shared libraries.  I am running SysVr3.2.2 and it has
them. I can see how you can use X in four meg, but it will start swapping
heavily if you try doing something useful.  MOTIF is similar in function to
Open Look, and also works in 8  meg.

>	Amiga Unix also has N virtual terminals available by hitting the
>function keys (even if you have X up).  That helps reduce the amount you
>need to load X down, and makes it far more useful than most Unix boxes
>when running without a windowing system.

My verson of UNIX also has these, I think it is limited to eight virtual
terminals.  You get to these by pressing the ALT-Function Key.  You cannot
get to these if you are using X, however.  (but as to why you would want to
do this I don't know)

I should also point out that the scroll speed of my console (outside of X) is
increadible!  You can 'cat' a 80K text file in about 5 seconds.  But I'd 
rather have my X.

Right now I have 12 meg, which is good.  I can run just about anything without
having it start swapping-- where 8 meg was just 'not quite right' (this is 
while running under MOTIF).  And since I can only upgrade 4 meg at a time...

I actually saw the A3000UX at COMDEX, running the new 34010 board and X.  It 
was OK-- but not spectacular.  However, the price is good.  I'd rather go
for one of those new SPARC clones.  They cost more, but their performance is
many times more than the A3000UX, and a i386 for that matter.  Now if C= would
come out with a 68040 based UNIX box... yea, that's the ticket...

					- David K

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