On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, loni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Yes. There are plenty of other reasons to stop using RAM Doubler
>>> too: real RAM is cheap, RD is not very well supported any more,
>
> real ram is cheap yaa but the limit is 80 mb
No the limit is 112mb, and that special card is neither cheap nor easy to
obtain outside of Japan.
>>
>> One good reason TO use it is that you can set it to do file mapping
>> only, thus letting your hard drive spin down more often than when
>> you're writing memory to disk.
>>
> Now using the new IE 5.0, nice but does not seem to like RAM Doubler like
> IE 4.5 (normal settings or just the file mapping option) bummer :-(
>
The severe ram limitations of a PB2400 almost REQUIRE using RD. I have an
80mb and a 112mb on OS8.6. Both can use RD but certain extensions conflict
with its overall operation. On one (clean OS backup and test) partition I
can open almost unlimited programs, on another (main partition) even far
less than available real ram due to (as yet) undetermined RD and other
extensions conflicts. I have no trouble with IE5.0/OE5.02 and even the
entire MS Office'98 open at the same time with memory bumped. Plus on the
112mb, I was also able to open Photoshop, Live Picture, Minicad (all memory
bumped), and about a dozen other programs down to about 2mb virtual ram left
from 240mb total real plus virtual ram. RD seems OK to me on ram challenged
PBs (OS8.6 or lower) but there's no substitute for real ram. The ram
limitation will be a reason to (partially) abandon my 2400 someday. Maybe at
the next PB G4 iteration?
---
Sidney Ho
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