Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 12:17:19 08/02/98
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On July 31, 1998 at 14:20:41, Roberto Waldteufel wrote: > >On July 31, 1998 at 08:16:39, Komputer Korner wrote: > >>On July 30, 1998 at 10:14:08, David Eppstein wrote: >> >>>On July 29, 1998 at 23:54:33, Roberto Waldteufel wrote: >>>>Well, here's the big question. I spent a lot of money on a fast PC with 64MB of >>>>RAM for the main purpose of developing a chess program. I specially had a 64 MB >>>>machine rather than 32, which was standard, because I wanted to use at least >>>>40MB for hash tables, maybe more. Now I get all this terrible swapping. ... >>>>So how can I load and execute a program entirely in RAM, with all its data >>>>in RAM, with no disk access, no multitaskink, no fancy bells or whistles, just >>>>maximum speed and efficiency? Is there an operating system that allows this? >>> >>>I realize this is not a helpful answer to you, but the MacOS will do this if you >>>disable virtual memory. I've run programs that malloc as much as 120MB (my Macs >>>have 144 and 160MB memories) without any thrashing at startup (or later). >>> >>>Other people in this thread have suggested NT, maybe Linux would also work. >>>I suspect the correct answer to your question is "anything but Windows 95". >> >>Win 95 is not the culprit. Too little RAM is. For chess programs, users need at >>least 128 Mb of RAM so that they can have 64 Mb hash tables with no problems. >>-- >>Komputer Korner > >Hi KK, > >I'm sorry, but I cannot agree. Any operating system that does not allow optimum >use of system resources is culpable in my book - and I don't call the inability >to use more than 50% of RAM without all that swaping optimal use, do you? > >I cannot be satisfied with being limited to 32MB when I have 64MB, and if I were >to upgrade to 128MB I still would not be satisfied to then use just 64 - I would >want to use 100MB or more in that case, or else I would not buy the extra RAM. I >think a competent operating system would be a better investment. > >Best wishes, >Roberto As I have stated before, it is not the fault of the O/S here. Hash tables are built in set blocks of hash code in the order of power of 2. In fact many DOS programs have an upper limit of hash tables of 64 Mb. In Nimzo 3.5 a DOS chess program I can load 105 Mb of hash tables both in WIN NT 4 and WIN 95 with NO swapping. So you see it is not WIN 95's fault. The problem is that all systems with low memory will suffer. -- Komputer Korner
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