From: Robert_Huber_at_WellspringRes.com
Date: Tue Mar 02 1999 - 07:28:35 EST
My understanding about the 64MB cache limit is that the RAM over 64MB is not
dealt with efficiently and therefore can impact significantly the
performance of the system.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MoxFulder1_at_aol.com [SMTP:MoxFulder1_at_aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 4:04 AM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: Should I upgrade to 80 MBytes on TP760ED?
>
> Does this mean that i put a total of 96 MB Ram in my 765L for nothing? It
> is
> a P166, and I put in a 64MB chip. Have those extra 32 MB gone to waste?
> Is
> it hurting my computer? thanks.
>
> --andy
>
> In a message dated 3/1/99 4:37:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> penzance_at_icanect.net writes:
>
> << CC: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
>
> NT & Linux can use the memory..
> the cache issue is hardware..
> if memory serves me correctly, win9x uses memory from the top down, thus
> with more than 64megs it is uncached memory..
> in any event, more memory is good with those OS's
>
> Hon Yau wrote: >>
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