On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 15:33:36 GMT you talked about...
> JA> One person, on the Voyager list stated that, one of the reasons that
> JA> MS Windows does not crash when deluged by intense graphics is because
> JA> it does a virtual memory routine in using the disk drives for extra
> JA> storage space, and, that the Amiga does not have that facility, so it
> JA> suddenly crashes. These crashes also occurred with AWeb, just to make
> JA> sure every- one is aware that this is not a browser problem.
>
>The Amiga crashes because the programs are not handling low memory properly.
>It doesn't have to be the browsers (but most likely is) - if something else
>does something in the background which fails due to low memory, then that will
>take the machine down too.
>
> JA> This brought to mind a program/package called, "GigaMEM." I do not
> JA> recall whether this was a hardware/software combo or just a hardware or
> JA> just a software setup. If it is only a software setup, then, will it
> JA> work on an Amiga running AmigaOS 3.5? And, would it solve the problem?
>
>It would work, and may help. With Voyager and FBlit it would certainly help
>if it can be made to run reliably. The problem is that you can't create
>swappable chip memory, so programs not capable of caching images in fast won't
>do much with it.
>
>There is a free alternative to GigaMem on Aminet, called VMM. Try it out, it
>might just work.
>
> JA> the reviews and comments). I am more interested in whether this is a
> JA> plausible alternative to getting a graphics card with eight megs of
> JA> RAM, for itself?
>
>Not really, but it may help anyway.
I tried VMM under 3.5 it works with some and it dosn't work with miami but if you go
on ;line first next start
VMM now run V3 works great
but we need VMM prg that works on all prgs as I'm stuck with 16 meg
Regards,
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Thank you very much N Tracey
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