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From: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English)
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Subject: Re: System 7.0/Supervisor Mode ?
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Date: 16 May 91 20:24:36 GMT
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Rich Siegel writes in a message to All

>Speaking sans true knowledge (as is my wont), I'd guess that "32-bit clean"
>is the telling factor as to whether supervisor or user mode is to be used-if
>an application is 32-bit clean, then the OS developers probably assumed that
>it would be following the rest of Apple compatibility guidelines.
RS>   Actually, the deciding factor is whether the user turns on 
RS> "Virtual Memory" in his control panel. The machine still runs 
RS> in supervisor mode in 32-bit mode when VM is off.

I thot that that was what I meant...


Ah me, time to go speak to an egg...(or was it a caterpillar?).


Lawson
 

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