On 27 Apr 2005, at 12:53, Liam Proven wrote:
Are you getting a bit confused here? Sounds to me like you're muddling RAMdoubler and virtual memory.
RAMdoubler uses Zip-style compression on the contents of memory; it doesn't copy stuff to and from disk. Essentially, it compresses the contents of those bits of memory that belong to programs which aren't currently executing. It's an /alternative/ to virtual memory, which moves unused stuff in memory out onto disk.
I use RAMdoubler on my Classic II under MacOS 7.6.1. 761 requires 12MB of RAM and a Classic II can only take up to 10MB, so without some assistance, it's not terribly stable and you can't run much. With RAMdoubler, the machine thinks it has 20MB and is fine - and faster than when using VM.
Well you learn something new every day I guess, but the fact that it does nasty things to the RAM contents makes me even less likely to want to use it. I still stand by the fact it slowed down any Mac I ever used it on and also made it less stable, chronically so in 7.5.
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