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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: ROM in RAM
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Date: 31 Oct 90 09:01:11 GMT
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Code on the Mac executes at least as fast out of ROM as it
does out of RAM for many Macintoshes (all?).

On PCs, the ROM is often 8 bits wide (the 80x86 processors
don't have any alignment requirements, so can handle 8 bit
ROMs).  Copying the 8 bit ROM to 32 bit RAM lets the PC
go much faster.

					Tim Smith