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From: kik@isr.harvard.edu (Ken Kreshtool)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Why 350k of RAM "missing"?
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Date: 26 Jun 91 18:55:51 GMT
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On a Mac IIsi running System 7, whenever I choose "About This Macintosh..."
and add up all of the memory in use
and unused, it always comes out to about 350k less than total memory.  This
is with 5 meg or 9 meg (just upgraded), with or without extensions off, and
even immediately after startup with extensions off and no nothing opened
(except the About This Macintosh... thing).

Does anyone know what's the scoop?  Is this a FAQ I missed?  (I saw the
recent thread about huge memory "losses", but this is different.)  Thanks 
for any info, and apologies if this has been discussed to death already.

Ken Kreshtool (kik@wjh12.harvard.edu)