Re: Virtual Memory

[Egbert Jan van den Bussche <busscheh@ksepl.nl>]

Hi list!
>From the list of tonight...
<As I see it we have a BIG problem here. MiNT without proper VM will
<not be able to compete with f.e. Linux68k. More and more people
<(especially the "power-users") will switch to Linux unless MiNT
<catches up with current OS-technology. Without these "power-users"
<there won`t be anyone left capable of further development and
<porting of free Unix-programs.

<OTOH, if MiNT goes VM then we will loose every ST/STE/Mega-user,
<effectively reducing the installed user-base to a couple of hundred

Sorry, but I don't see this 'BIG' problem.
Linux is for 68030 ONLY anyyway. Dont forget that! Standard Mint *DOES* work
on 68000 and 68020. SO why not make it an option? Apart from that I guess most
people on the list have a falcon or, like myself, have a PAK/3-020 or -030
fitted in their ST, which out-performs a falcon easily! 

ATB Egbert Jan

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