Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 09:02:09 GMT References: <16647@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <231@touch.touch.com> <#g1H3+$o@cs.psu.edu> <12901@uwm.edu> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 25 In article <12901@uwm.edu> zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) writes: >Wait a minute here. OK, the Amiga can have 1.8 GB of RAM, in theory. Is >there any product on the market which will let you do this? No? Then it's >impossible. IMPOSSIBLE, no matter what the CPU can do. An 80386 can >access, what, 4 GB of RAM? As far as I know, the best you could do today, >if you packed every slot with RAM would probably be around 128 MB. So the >4 GB is also IMPOSSIBLE. The Mac can access 16MB on a 68000 machine, or on >the 68030 machines, 4GB of RAM. This limit is also IMPOSSIBLE, since >there is no way to pack that much RAM into a computer. The physical truth >is that a IBM-compat can hold 64MB max (I think this is the limit today, >correct me if I'm wrong) The Mac can access 128MB of RAM *NOW*. What can >the Amiga do now? I mean, a card or adapter you can buy and pack tight >with RAM? Note: This is not a cut on owners of any computer, just trying >to put this in perspective. > RCS Management of Ontario Canada is going to be shipping a 68040 board with up to 64MB expandability. I know, the "is going to be" part is the catch, but I know the board exists and will ship when RCS can get the 040 in quantities. -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************