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From: raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: LARGE System 7 memory usage
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.193742.1097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 13 Jun 91 07:37:41 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.165855.16095@Think.COM>
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From article <1991Jun12.165855.16095@Think.COM>, by ejb@think.com (Erik Bailey):
> In article <2042@manta.NOSC.MIL> samuels@nosc.mil writes:

> 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.

I keep hearing people saying you can't address more than 8Mb with 24bit
addressing. WHY? 24 bits of address gives you 16Mb. 

What completely brain dead thing has Apple done here or does 24bit addressing
actually adress 16Mb and not 8Mb?

Raymond.




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