Aucbvax.5074
fa.unix-wizards
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards
Tue Nov 10 04:30:59 1981
solid-state paging
>From vax135!jfr@Berkeley Tue Nov 10 03:55:40 1981
All existing non-minicomputer systems are memory poor.
A PDP11/70 or VAX-11/750 can only handle 2Mbyte,
a VAX-11/780 or Cray1 only 8Mbyte, an IBM370 only 64Mbyte, etc.
A 100Mbyte memory for a VAX-11/780 presents no
electrical, thermal, or mechanical engineering problems,
would cost less than a 32Kword full house for an IBM7094
[memory was $1/bit], and can be effectively utilized.
For a moderately fast machine, a 1Gbyte memory is not
out of the question.

Since reasonably-sized memories are not on the market,
solid-state paging fills an important void.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen <[email protected]>
of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/


This Usenet Oldnews Archive
article may be copied and distributed freely, provided:

1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles.

2. The following notice remains appended to each copy:

The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996
Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.

You are viewing proxied material from gopher.quux.org. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.