Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple IIGS's Memory Limit Message-ID: <9106191921.AA23636@apple.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 17:18:26 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 18 On Tue, 18 Jun 1991 20:20:04 GMT Lyle Gray said: >>The on-board RAM lies within the 8MB space. > >I seem to recall (from the original owner's manuals) that the RAM limit was >8.25 Mb, not 8 Mb. The remaining addressable space (up to 16 Mb) was reserved >for ROM expansions. It's actually 8.388608MB, but that's considered '8MB'. Just like, 1k is really 1024 bytes and 1MB is really 1 million plus 24kb. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Lyle H. Gray Internet (personal): gray@cs.umass.edu >Quodata Corporation Phone: (203) 728-6777, FAX: (203) 247-0249 >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm <------------send files here pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com