22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
4:16 a.m.
On 2/22/06, vrs <vrs at msn.com> wrote:
I am certain that Xenix/286 doesn't page. It does
swap, much like early
PDP-11 Unix kernels. But you will need enough RAM to load the kernel plus
your largest process.
I once ported GNU Emacs to the beast. In the largest configuration I
had access to, there was enough memory to load it, and compose a document
about 20 bytes long.
/Niiiice./
I must point out that I did carefully use the word "swap" not "page"!
But I confess I'm not 100% clear on the difference. Does anyone know
of a good online reference to explain it? Moderately technical is fine
- I am a techie with a reasonable understanding of OS design, but I am
not a programmer, or at least, not in C.
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