Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!milo.mcs.anl.gov!achilles.ctd.anl.gov!curtis From: curtis@achilles.ctd.anl.gov (Jeffrey Curtis ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple IIGS's Memory Limit Message-ID: <1991Jun30.045113.11106@mcs.anl.gov> Date: 30 Jun 91 04:51:13 GMT References: Sender: news@mcs.anl.gov Organization: Computing and Telecommunications, Argonne National Laboratory Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: achilles.ctd.anl.gov In article whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) writes: >|Re: Theoretical memory limit on the GS - 8 MB? 16 MB? 17.125 MB? >| >|I'm shocked. In all of this thread I've seen, everyone has mentioned only >|what is directly accessible. Has everyone forgotten the 128K 8-bits? The >|address space on a 6502/65C02 is only 64K - surely someone could figure out >|a way to do something similar with the GS, no? >The other is bank-switching and I and have no idea how or why you'd want to. Why you'd want to? The same reasons anyone would want to on a //e: what you're given isn't enough. When you put 8 megs up against practical applications, it's a small amount. There are computers in Japan that have over 4 gigabytes of RAM (I'll get exact figures later). I'm sure they're complaining of not having enough, too. What if you want to digitize large amounts of sound and video? 8 megs runs out quick. So you add more and bank switch. It's easy to do if you're careful about the whole mess.. >Question sticks out in my mind, though... if you have a ROM 3 GS and add 8M to >it, you'd have 9.125MB... what would happen to the the top 1M? would it be >available as a RAMdisk or would it end up been wasted... ??? No, you just have to bank switch it. ;^) *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* + Jeffrey S. Curtis (708)972-8585 B41801 AT ANLVM curtis@achilles.ctd.anl.gov + * Computing and Telecommunications, Argonne National Laboratory * + Want a free copy of Heatseeker, the Apple's fastest disk utility? Mail me! + *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*