Messages in this thread | | | From | "Anthony Barbachan" <> | Subject | Re: Low memory machines | Date | Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:13:31 -0400 |
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Well you may be barely using 16 MB of memory on each system. Besides a 486DX4-133 was comparable to a Pentium 75 ONLY when using Win95 or less. When running a pure 32 bit OS any Pentium puts a 486 to shame. Plus add in 64 bit bus compared to a 32 bit one, 50Mhz access to memory and cache as compared to 33Mhz. PCI vs VLB. Maybe even EDO vs FPM DRAM. And perhaps mode 4 EIDE vs old IDE. Its not surprising you P75 is faster.
-----Original Message----- From: alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 10:20 AM Subject: Low memory machines
>Hi guys, > >At home I have a VLB i486DX/100 with 32MB of memory running 2.1.108 and >26MB of swap file. I recently installed my own brand of Linux 2.1.107 on >my machine at work (secretly), and it is a PCI Pentium 75 with 16MB of >RAM, with a 128MB swap file. > >The odd thing is that the P75 even with 16MB is faster than my i486DX/100 >with 32MB. Why? I'd have expected the P75 to be a lot slower due to the >size of the memory! > >Cheers, >Alex. > >Watch out, the NSA are everywhere. Your computer must be watched! > > /\_/\ Legalise cannabis now! >( o.o ) Smoke some cannabis today! > > ^ < Peace, Love, Unity and Respect to all. > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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