Opti Mem V Ram Doubler

From: ericb@telecnnct.com (Eric Burger) Subject: SUMMARY: RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [S] Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 19:11:41 -0500 (EST) Original Post: ----- Anyone have experience with OptiMem? There's been lots of talk about RAMdoubler (Connectix), but OptiMem (Jump Development) has been out for a while now. For that matter, any further incomatibilities found with RAMdoubler? ----- The summary: RAMdoubler works great; only problems found were with MacTCP 1.1.1, launching and quitting and launching applications QUICKLY in succession, and applications that take up all of your memory on their own (e.g. Photoshop). OptiMem will allow more applications run, but wont't let an individual application use more RAM than is in the machine. OTOH, OptiMem does not require a PMMU [not an issue for me, but can be for you if you have a 68000-based or 68020 sans PMMU machine. ----- Thanks to: Bill Rausch <t9365@cis13.nfuel.com> Dr. R. Marusyk <rmarusyk@mercury.uah.ualberta.ca> Pete Chane <pchaneuw@vms2.macc.wisc.edu> Shannon V Spires <svspire@somnet.sandia.gov> Andy Shiekh <shiekh@ictp.trieste.it> ----- Detailed responses: Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 12:48:41 -0800 >From: Bill Rausch <t9365@cis13.nfuel.com> To: Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com Subject: ram doubler works perfectly on an accelerated IIx and on a IIsi. I hope to try it on my Q650 soon, but that machine hasn't been rebooted in a couple of weeks because of some long running jobs. Assume it works fine unless I send you another message. We've tried the following programs, in various combinations: Word, Pagemaker, Canvas, versaterm, many games and utilities, several text editors works great, like virtual memory but faster, quieter ---- Bill Rausch, SW Engr 509-375-8773 Numerical Applications, Inc. 509-943-0861 825 Goethals Ave., Suite A 509-375-5147(h) Richland, WA 99352 wnr@fred.nfuel.com Lawrence Taylor on golf - I'd rather play in the Super Bowl than shoot 70, but I'd rather shoot 65 than play in the Super Bowl. >From: rmarusyk@mercury.uah.ualberta.ca (Dr. R. Marusyk) Subject: RAM Doubler Conflicts To: eric.burger@telecnnct.com Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 08:58:54 -0700 (MST) Re: RAM Doubler incompatibilities I have found that RAM Doubler, version 1.0.1, is incompatible with MacTCP, version 1.1, on my IIci/8/240, system 7.1. When I first loaded RAM Doubler, following the Connectix instructions, I received a screen message stating that the system was damaged and should be replaced from the original master disks. Clicking the Restart button continually gave the same message. I then did a shift-restart with no problem. I then turned off all the cdevs and sys-extensions with Start-up Manager, and found that MacTCP and RAM Doubler dont like to coexist in my system set-up. Ive since repeated the whole exercise (with back-up disks in hand) and got the same result. >From: (Pete Chane) <pchaneuw@vms2.macc.wisc.edu> Subject: RAMdoubler To: Eric.Burger@te…