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From: rar@auc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Macs
Message-ID: <32111@auc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 20:55:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 20:55:19 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Mar-87 20:48:50 EST
References: <8703081002.AA13809@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks)
Organization: Atlanta University Center
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Summary: The Amiga Exec can access up to 4 gig.

In article <8703081002.AA13809@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>	In fact, 16Meg is all you can stick in a Mac II... not 2 gig.  (This
>is not a flame.  After all, the Amiga's max is 8Meg).

Hold on a second.  Yes, in a standard Amiga 1000, only about 8.5 Meg is left
available for RAM, but this limit is only because of the 68000 processor.
When a 68020 is used, the address range of the Amiga expands to approximately
4 gig minus 7.5 meg.  This is the true limit of the Amiga Exec's addressing
capabilities.  Thus, the Amiga system can access up to approximately 3.993 gig
of RAM.  Actually, its 4 gig, minus what is used for ROM, I/O devices, etc.

> ....  The Amiga utilizes some amount of it's address space for ROM, 
>Co-processor/IO, and external cards. 
>
>
>			-Matt
                                    Rodney

[ Next: A cute disclaimer ]
Since I do not have any connections with Commodore (other than owning an Amiga,
and a two Commodore 64's before it, and convincing several people to buy
Amigas and ... well, you get the point ) the above information is subject to
several abberations, like, for example, being completely wrong.

NO WARRANTY EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED

Rodney Ricks,
  Atlanta University Center Computation Center