[iyonix-support] Re: Lazy Task Swapping on Iyonix/RISC OS 5.11

Chris Evans wrote:
> On Mon 26 Jun, David Thomas wrote:
>> Chris Evans wrote:
>>
>>> I believe it is only used in RISC OS 4.02 and later and then only when Rev T
>>> StrongARM is detected!
>>> Given the forking of the OS before then many other things are different I
>>> believe.
>> Lazy Task Swapping was introduced with RISC OS 3.7.
> 
> Er.. are you sure?
> I can recall discussing it with Justin at ROL in Stratford.
> 
> Google groups has the first mention of "Lazy Task Swapping" is Sept 98 which
> is talking about Phoebe and an internal RO4 version at Acorn!
> 
> The June 2000 monthly FAQ refers to some changes in 3.70 to improve the
> paging in of applications but goes onto explain RO 4 introduced a new better
> method called 'Lazy Task Swapping'

You're right, my mistake.


Regards,
Dave


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