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From: kaufman@neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 32-bits: what's the big deal?
Message-ID: <1991May20.010956.25477@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 20 May 91 01:09:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: neon.1991May20.010956.25477
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In article <674696625.0@blkcat.FidoNet> Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) writes:

>    At the risk of starting a flame war, I'd like to question why there's such
>a flap over "32-bit clean" ROM's at the moment.

>  It seems that, until 4Mb SIMMs become more reasonably priced,* there will be 
>no macs out there with more than 8Mb real RAM.  Since virtual memory is not
>supposed to be more than double real, it would seem that the 13 or 14 Mb
>limit imposed by 24-bit mode can handle existing hardware adequately.

I know lots of Macs (IIfx) that have 20MB of real RAM, 4x4MB + 4x1MB

>    So all you netters out there who have been baying and woofing for 32-bit
>clean ROMs, tell me one thing:  what would you do with 32-bits if you got them?

Run big compiles. (How big, you ask? well, I run one now that requires me to
switch to Finder to complete the link on an 8MB machine)

>* Currently, 4Mb SIMMs go for about $800 each; on 32-bit machines, SIMMs have
>to be matched in banks of four, so the minimum 4Mb SIMM configuration is 16Mb
>for $3200.    Does *anyone* out there have a Mac with 4Mb SIMMs?

You have wrong prices.  4MB SIMMs are $800 for A SET OF FOUR, or $200 each.

>DISCLAIMER:  I'm not questioning whether Apple is morally or legally obligated
>to give you 32-bits; I'm only asking why you want it.

Try editing 32-bit photographic images.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)