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From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john  cavallino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 32 bit addressing
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Date: 24 May 91 14:56:12 GMT
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In article <4956@ryn.mro4.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
> 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? 

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!   OF COURSE THERE IS NO SUCH LIMIT IN 32-BIT MODE!!

The problem that so many people have been going on and on and on and on and
on and on and on about is that some machines have ROMs that PRECLUDE 32-bit
mode under the Macintosh OS!!

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