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From: mtvfb@rivm.nl (Fokke de Boer)
Subject: Re: Q: MCL/RamDoubler- Good idea?
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Barry Margolin (barmar@nic.near.net) wrote:
: In article <ethan+-1711940917280001@peaceful.cs.pitt.edu> ethan+@pitt.edu (Ethan Benatan) writes:
: >Anyone know if RAMDoubler is a good idea with MCL?  I have a IIsi w/5 megs
: >of physical RAM, which doesn't quite meet my needs. RAMDoubler would be a
: >lot cheaper than a physical upgrade.

: It depends on how much memory you need for the MCL application.  RAMDoubler
: isn't a very good solution if a single application needs lots of memory.
: It works by compressing the memory of inactive processes, and falling back
: on disk-based virtual memory if that doesn't free enough memory.  If a
: single process needs most of physical memory (e.g. a big Lisp application),
: RAMDoubler is not the answer.

I am using RAM Doubler with an application built with MCL. I seems, that
the only way to get them work together, is de-activate Ephemeral Garbage
Collection. But after that, they do work together properly.
The note Barry made is quite true, though! Make sure you have enough
physical RAM to run the System and MCL together. RAM Doubler can give
you extra RAM for *other* applications run simultaniously.

Hope this helps.
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