On Wed 2009-01-14 22:27, Nick Voronin (2:5030/1554) wrote to andrew clarke:

 ac>> I don't think that will be a big problem.  HPT and HTick don't need a
 ac>> lot of memory to run.

 NV> Did you ever check?? It may be not a lot for pc with at least 32mb
 NV> ram for last ten years, but for config with 4mb latest version of
 NV> hpt just won't work.

Well, most PCs built in the last 10 years have had at least 64 MB.

On the other hand an Amiga that's maxxed-out at 4 MB must be almost 20
years old by now.  What happens when you run out of memory on it?  Does it
start swapping to disk?

Anyway, I know from experience that the GCC compiler (which is used to
build HPT on Linux/BSD) is a bit of a memory hog.  HPT should be using much
less memory in comparison.  If GCC will run OK on an Amiga then HPT should
too. 

Keep in mind that HPT isn't a particularly resource-intensive piece of
software.  It does the same job as SquishMail, where there is a 16-bit
version for DOS that happily runs in 640 KB.  The 32-bit DOS version only
needs 1 MB, if I recall correctly.

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