Re: Accessing > 256MB RAM on O2

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, David Brownlee wrote:

>         Is there any sense in providing a slightly more MI interface for
>         this? I'm thinking about some of the other ports which have
>         some fast RAM and some much slower like atari and amiga, and
>         maybe even x86 boxes used as servers which sometimes end up
>         with large RAM (512M) video cards... :)

        Actually... continuing on the 'not entirely practical' route...
        You can pick up 256MB PCI graphics cards for under £30 nowdays.
        http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290295456878
        Given how expensive RAM is for some (non x86) systems, it could
        almost be worth it to use them as fast swap... (I *said* it was
         'not entirely practical' :)

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