Re: System 7.0

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From: ra_robert
Date: Mon, 15 May 1989 03:46

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In article <SARREL.89May14224531@galley.cis.ohio-state.edu>, sarrel@galley.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) writes...

[smithw@yvax.byu.edu talks about getting VM on his 8 MB IIx]

>Sorry to burst your bubble, but the maximum amount of RAM (real +
>virtual) is still 8Meg.  Since the applications share a single address
>space and the ROMs (in your machine, not Pluses) are addressed
>starting at 8Meg (and going up), the only space for RAM is below 8Meg.


Hm...in the 7.0 Release, it said:

"32-Bit Addressing allows Macintosh computers to extend their
memory capacities beyond 8 megabytes to 128 MB of physical RAM and
up to 4 Gigabytes of virtual address space."


What's the straight dope here?  Is this large address space just planned for
future machines (with current machines being limited to 8 MB RAM/VM)?


Robert
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