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From: tshea@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7 testers: a memory question
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.001245.461@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 06:12:45 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.011222.29728@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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In article <1991Apr15.011222.29728@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, jkain@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Kain) writes:
> A question for System 7 testers:
> 
> How much free RAM can a user of a 4-meg Macintosh Plus expect to have
> for applications under System 7, assuming a modest (i.e. 128K or so)
> disk cache?  My worry is that with the extra functionality of System
> 7, plus the many software patches required for the old Macs, that 4
> megs will be pushing the lower limit of functionality under
> Multifinder.
> 
> Any comments will be appreciated...
> 
> --
> Jeff
> jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu

With a 364k cache, System 7.0fc1 takes up about 1700k out of my 4 megs.

tim shea
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