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From: ejb@think.com (Erik Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: LARGE System 7 memory usage
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.165855.16095@Think.COM>
Date: 12 Jun 91 16:58:55 GMT
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In article <2042@manta.NOSC.MIL> samuels@nosc.mil writes:
>A curious problem related to me over the phone: a friend has System 7
>installed and when he looks at System memory usage (in 'About This
>Macintosh'), the System is using 5.8 MB of RAM!!
>
>He has a IIci.  I had him check the 'Memory' cdev (whoops)
>and VM is off, 32-bit is off, disk cache = 384 (the default
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>for his machine, I think).  He has 12 MB RAM installed -
>4 1MB SIMMs, 4 2MB SIMMs.  He has
>a Radius Color Pivot (with a Pivot card) and a FastCache card (64 K).

Try turning 32-bit mode on, and that should solve your problems.  The Mac
can't address all your memory in 24-bit mode, so the rest is attributed to
System.

>Larry Samuels
>samuels@nosc.mil 

--Erik

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