Re: performance with >> 9 MW of memory

[moon@cambridge.apple.com (David A. Moon)]

> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1991 14:42-0500
> From: pan@ATHENA.PANGARO.dialnet.symbolics.com (Paul Pangaro)
> 
> I have heard second hand that performance of symbolics machines
> (certainly this was about L machines, maybe G's too, that is part of the
> question) "degrades" with more than 9 MW of memory. Anybody know
> anything about this? I have no other info

Maybe because, if I remember correctly, the GC support hardware on
"L machines" supports a maximum of 8 MW of memory.