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From: bgrubb@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu 
Subject: A Classic Dead End?
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Even though Apple says that sys 7.0 can run on only 2 meg the consensis
is that to run more then one program at a time you will need at least
3 meg. This leaves the Classic owner in trouble as far as memory expansion
is conserned because the Classic Maxes out at 4 meg. Hopefully Apple is
planning a memmory card that allows the Classic to use the new 2 meg simms.
This would give the Classic a maximum of 6 meg(the 1 meg on the card and
the two new slots) and this is within the limits of the 68000 with its maximum
of 8 meg.
Another solution would be the realization of a rumor I heard a year ago:
One Sys 7.0 was stable Apple would come out with a 1 meg ROM chip that
allow Sys 7.0 to run with only 1 meg of RAM.
By running two programs at one time I am talking of programs in MacWrite's
class(MacWrite II 1.1 requires 800k of memmory alone) or at least 1600k
avalable.
Add that 1600k to a System that problaly uses 1300k of RAM barebones and then
add 100k for all the fonts and inits you want. The result 3000k leaves only
72k left to do anything in a 3 meg machine.
I welcome all reactions and comments to this post.