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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 32 bit addressing
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Date: 24 May 91 03:51:11 GMT
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In article <266626.283C328F@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG>, Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes...
> (Please note that if you install 32MB of RAM, your About the Finder shows
> some 24+ megs of RAM in the System heap.  That's how the OS handles the extra
> RAM.  It can't, but it fakes it.)  Well, then, yo

 Wait a minute! Are you trying to tell me that the Mac OS is limited to 8MB,
 period?! I know there is a 16MB limit in 24-bit mode, but running in 32-bit
 mode, why shouldn't I be able to stuff 32MB of SIMMs in and have it work? 

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