Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!know!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!bigtex!texsun!enterprise!greg From: greg@enterprise.Central.Sun.COM (Greg George - Sun Area Project Consultant - Midwest ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: 2685K System on LC!!?? Message-ID: <3302@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> Date: 22 Mar 91 17:53:00 GMT References: <8657@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Sender: news@texsun.Central.Sun.COM Reply-To: greg@enterprise.Central.Sun.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Sun Microsystems Consulting - Detroit Lines: 36 In article , mlbarrow@athena.mit.edu (Michael L Barrow) writes: |> In article <8657@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> jhgillespie@ucdavis.edu writes: |> |> I just installed 8 Megs of RAM in an LC (bringing the total to 10 Mb). |> Checking 'About Finder...' I discovered that the 10 Mb are there, but the |> System size is 2685 K!!! I removed all of the inits: same thing; booted off |> the original system startup disk: same thing. What's goin' on?? |> |> John Gillespie jhgillespie@ucdavis.edu |> |> |> This is the pre-System 7 way of telling you that it can only address up |> to 8M of RAM. If you could install 32M total in a machine and run System |> 6.0x, about the Finder would show the System taking up at least 24M. If |> you want the rest of your RAM for apps, you'll have to wait for System |> 7. |> |> -- Michael B. |> -- |> |> |> ======================================================================= |> | Michael L Barrow | "If any of the above offended you, it was | |> | | my idea to do it -- not MIT's" | |> |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |> | Consultant | MIT Computing Support Services (CSS) | |> | Member | Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) | |> | Student | Computer Engineering Major, '93 | |> ======================================================================= If you would like to handle the extra memory, you can get your hands on Maxima, which allows the finder to work with more than 8MB of memory. Maxima is available from most mail order places that carry 4MB simms. greg