[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > (The jump between 64 and 128 MB might be a bit coarse.)
> >
> > My standpoint is that if you get into situation when you consider more
> > than 64MB, it's likely that bottleneck is abnormal
>
> Or the user is an aberrated personality like me who
> streams compressed archives on the fly. :))
>
> > and it's more beneficial to seek other ways to work around it,
>
> Psycho medication is too expensive in these days.
> 1 GB of RAM lasts longer and has less side effects.
Guess why I recommend to use more than 128MB for the star FIFO
in order to keep the tape streaming.
With current I/O speed, you need current RAM sizes for buffering.
Jörg
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