Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!norton From: norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: LARGE System 7 memory usage Message-ID: Date: 13 Jun 91 13:13:35 GMT References: <1991Jun12.165855.16095@Think.COM> <1991Jun13.193742.1097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au raymond@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (cantva) writes: >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? Some nice person will or probably have explained to you the reason or referred you to earlier postings as to why. Maybe one day you'll get to ask nicely. :) -- // Norton Chia || I can be reached via e-mail --> norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU / / Micro Support || Yes, this is Australia calling. ////// AppleLink: AUST0240 / / Uni of Sydney || No, I haven't got anything to say but "Thanks", if I forgot //// When I'm talking half way around the world, my employers can't hear me ///