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From: reeses@milton.u.washington.edu (KGB Assassinate CIA NSA FBI secret George Bush Child Pornography Military Heroin Terrorism)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: MegaMac
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.094518.11716@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 09:45:18 GMT
References: <50099@ut-emx.uucp> <1991Jun6.173708.18346@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Jun7.064107.15465@javelin.sim.es.com>
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In article <1991Jun7.064107.15465@javelin.sim.es.com> your favorite flame burner writes:
>In article <1991Jun6.173708.18346@milton.u.washington.edu>, reeses@milton.u.washington.edu (KGB Assassinate CIA NSA FBI secret George Bush Child Pornography Military Heroin Terrorism) writes:
>> In article <50099@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>> >In article <91157.001511MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu (Norman St. John Polevaulter) writes:
>> >
>> >>The Amiga 3000 can be expanded to 2 Gigs (that's 2000 Megs) of RAM.
>> >>Next question.
>> >Really?  Tell me how it is done.
>> Yes, please do.  Just because it can linearly access vast sums of memory(and
>> I think you are overestimating the number the Amiga can access by about 800
>> megs) does not mean that it is physically possible.  My i386 machine can 
>> access 4 gigs, but I don't think there is any way in hell I can fit it all
>> in my box, especially with current technology.
>This really sounds like the classic "Mine's bigger than yours" locker room
>argument. Someone go get a ruler and the contestants drop trou'.
>
>David
Geez, I had assumed that anyone intelligent enough to find news would be
intelligent enough to figure out what I was saying.  I was merely providing
an analogy in the PC world(as that is my frame of reference(I enjoy Amigas,
I do not read this newsgroup for flaming.), not a foundation for flame.  My 
machine, as can all i386 machines(and of course i486, if you're picking nits)
are capable of addressing 4 gigabytes of RAM...with 16Meg SIMMs, there is
absolutely no way to fit that much RAM in MY box.  I've seen, and played with,
a 3000.  It's smaller than my box(whoops, I better provide measurements), 
which leads me to believe it has less internal storage capacity.  Hence, is
not capable of containing 1.2 gigs of RAM, at least with current technology,
meaning 16 meg SIMMs...'k dave?


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