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From: davoli@natinst.com (Russell Davoli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac LC and system 7.0
Message-ID: <21064@natinst.natinst.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 15:51:00 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.224356.8258@ee.rochester.edu> <1991Mar22.160821.190@otago.ac.nz>
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
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In article <1991Mar22.160821.190@otago.ac.nz>, stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) writes:
> In article <1991Mar20.224356.8258@ee.rochester.edu>, rajiv@ee.rochester.edu (Rajiv Arora) writes:
> 
> > 2. Virtual Memory. To utilize System 7.0's virtual memory capability, is there
> > any way to add a PMMU to the LC?
> 
> I don't know of any yet. The official word from Apple is NO, but
> you can bet some enterprising thrid-party will come up with
> something (I hope so!)
> 

I believe that simply having an MMU in a Mac is not enough to allow VM
to work.  I seem to remember hearing somewhere that Apple hasn't compiled
certain necessary bits of software into the ROMs of machines that ship
without MMUs.  This apparently is the case with the Classic and Plus;
does anyone know if this is true with the LC?

--Russell