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In article <9266@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes:
>In article <12045@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60a-6dd@web7c.berkeley.edu (Rob Pfile) writes:
>
>>A question:
>>If System release 6.0 is not supposed to work properly on a Mac 512KE,
>>then why have I been up and running for a week?
>
>>I am running a 512KE manufactured in mid 1986, with a Dove 1MB upgrade
>                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>and an Apple HD20SC.
>
>
>The Dove 1MB is why.  The only real difference (besides the layout of the
>mother board) between the 512ke and the plus is the RAM.  a 512 has 512K,
>and the plus has 1024K.
>
>Andy J. Williams '90   |Ack Systems: ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu|   _   /|

 Thanks for telling me what I already know full well about
Macintoshes. Now, what I was referring to was a topic that we had been
discussing concerning PARAMETER RAM in the 512KE, and the Plus.

According to others, the Plus has some extra parameter ram which some
have said is used by the sound manager in 6.0 to store the user's beep
choice. Since the 512KE supposedly does not have this extra RAM, 6.0
is not supposed to work properly, hence the existence of the XPRAM
init.

Unless the Dove board has this extra ram on board, (and no, I dont
mean the other 512K, thanks) then I dont see why this is working
right.

Am I correct in assuming that Dove went ahead and somehow extended the
PRAM?

Rob


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