Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!calvin.ee.cornell.edu!jose From: jose@calvin.ee.cornell.edu (Jose M. Rosado Roman) Subject: Re: Why does the system take up 10megs for a IIsi? Organization: Cornell Space Plasma Physics Date: Fri, 7 Jun 91 02:51:11 GMT Message-ID: <1991Jun7.025111.5610@calvin.ee.cornell.edu> References: <1991Jun4.074959.4685@crash.cts.com> <1991Jun4.145838.2819@Think.COM> Sender: jose@calvin.ee.cornell.edu In article <1991Jun4.145838.2819@Think.COM> ejb@think.com (Erik Bailey) writes: > >This is related to a few other discussions floating around... The Mac >can't address more than about 10 meg of memory (some people say 13, some >people say 8, I'm not sure WHO'S right!) in 24-bit mode. When this happens >the remaining memory is attributed to "System". > >(I sure wish *I* had 17 megs in *my* IIsi!!!) > >--Erik > Let's see now 2 to the 24th would give you 16MEG minus what the mac uses up for rom, interface cards, etc.. With 32bit you would have upto 4GIGA??? minus system reqs... I'd like 4 gigabytes of RAM but with my mac+ I would have to wait a day to see the extensions come up on the screen at startup!!! Say isn't there a nasty/dirty way to get 16MEG on a plus... Anybody know of any way to do a ROM upgrade to a plus? Seems scarey to me that we talk about the plus now the way we used to talk about the 256K, but times they are a changin' but I'm sticking with my plus (It's that or a Heathkit H19!!!) Sure would like to have 4GIGA though... ;-) Pink Pirate, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: I am only related to my parents. "The day they invented excuses, ..." Sorry, I forgot! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pink Pirate, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: I am only related to my parents. "The day they invented excuses, ..." Sorry, I forgot! --------------------------------------------------------------------------