Re: Sharing RAM over network

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From: Jim Slager (jslager_at_inameU_NO_WHATcom)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:12:34 -0800

Jeremy wrote:
> A coworker of mine told me that there is a way to share
> RAM over a home network. Let em explain. I have a slow
> laptop, with only 96 MB of RAM. I have a PC that has 512
> MB of RAM. They are networked in my house. How do I allow
> my laptop to use the RAM of the PC? I fthat is not
> possible, is there a way that I could allow my laptop to
> use virtual memory on the PC, which has a 120 GB hard
> drive?

Jeremy, sharing RAM is loony tunes but you can share disk over your network.
You can't share it as virtual memory but you can move files back and forth.
It is not so easy to do and there are security issues if you're using wifi
(there are solutions). If you want to do it then I suggest that you drop
the RAM part and post on this thread a request for someone to explain how to
share files. Describe your network and your OSes, etc. You'll get relies
that point you to cookbook solutions.

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