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From: Fabian_Fabe_Ramirez@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: macintosh se and 4mb prodigy se for sale
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Date: 30 Apr 88 00:33:18 GMT
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Vernon (and others),

Just a bit of clarification about the Prodigy SE's expandability.  Currently,
the largest amount of RAM that the Finder can address is still 4 Mb.  This is
a limitation of the SE's Memory Manager.  Even though the Prodigy SE is equiped
with a socket for the 68851 PMMU chip, it cannot be utilitized by the Mac's OS.
The only Mac that can take advantage of the 68851 is the Mac II running A/UX.
Also note that A/UX (Apple's implementation of UNIX) is Mac II specific and
supports B&W (sorry no color).  It was hoped that the first release of A/UX
would support a 68020/68881/68851 equipped Mac SE, but it doesn't.

The Prodigy SE can, however, take advantage of the Mac's motherboard RAM and
utilitize it as a RAM Disk via the new firmware (ROM 3.0B) and the Prodigy RAM
Disk software (v1.28).  Existing owners can obtain an upgrade through Levco.
For more info call Levco at (619) 457-2110.

I hope this clarifies things and should anyone have any questions, either send
me E-Mail or call SuperMac (415) 964-8884.

Fabian Ramirez
SuperMac Technology

fabian_fabe_ramirez@cup.portal.com
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