On Feb 01, 1996 at 07:33, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 BG> Thanks for that.  Lots of useful data, but bugger all in the way of Rx/Tx
 BG> signal levels, symbol rates, carrier frequencies etc.

There are other stats screens (like a more detailed connection message
incl. EQM rates, and a separate command for *current* EQM level), but as I
said it's not all as "neat" as the USR's output.

 db>> You bet .. this 8Mb RAM i486DX 33MHz is giving me the shits;  I've been
 db>> using machines with >256Mb RAM for *way* too long...
 BG>
 BG> Jesus!  I _dream_ of being able to afford the $12k required to upgrade my
 BG> feeble little 32Mb to 256Mb of RAM...

We have 144Mb in a SPARCserver 20/612 MP running Oracle7, and a total of
around 279Mb virtual memory (thereabouts).  We also have a couple of
consultants working for us, who decided that they needed to load a couple
of data structures in their entirety into memory.  That meant we had to
increase the amount of virtual memory (while the machine was running, mind
you) and watch their *single* process grow to occupy around 747Mb of
available virtual memory.  There was only 12Mb free.  :-(

Other administrative machines have >256Mb in real memory on the
motherboard (but they're big SPARCserver 1000 MP systems, not like our
modest 20/612 MP, which we can only take to 512Mb real memory).

Working with these beasties gives me the shits with my 8Mb RAM PC, so I
want 32Mb in my new one (initially, anyway).  Even my work PC has 16Mb RAM.

Cheers..

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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