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I remember Connectix RAM Doubler, trying it and feeling how painfully it slowed down OS 8. I believe it used virtual memory, (it had that goofy little slider th
by fuzzywalrus 13y ago
I remember Connectix RAM Doubler, trying it and feeling how painfully it slowed down OS 8. I believe it used virtual memory, (it had that goofy little slider that let you "double" your ram) . I doubt it compression. Man, I almost forgot about RAMDoubler
- aaronharnly 13y agoI'm also filled with nostalgia ;). According to this post on the Ambrosia SW page (more nostalgia!), Ram Doubler used both VM and compression. The piece is light on technical details but fills in a bit more of the picture. http://www.ambrosiasw.com/ambrosia_times/january_96/3.1HowTo.html http://www.ambrosiasw.com/ambrosia_times/january_96/3.1HowTo...
- bluedino 13y agoActually, I was thinking of a Windows program named 'MagnaRAM' that Quarterdeck sold. MagnaRAM worked by replacing a portion of Windows' virtual memory system. MagnaRAM would insert itself in the string of Windows Programs that determined what pieces of RAM will be moved to the hard disk. Instead of writing directly to the hard disk, the information to be written would go to MagnaRAM's own buffer as this was a faster process. During CPU idle, MagnaRAM would compress the information in its own RAM buffer. When the RAM buffer becomes full, it is then swapped to the hard disk taking both less time and less space Sounds very similar to zram on Linux. Virtual memory always seemed like a black art to me.