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From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
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Subject: Re: When will MacOS get virtual memory?
Keywords: Isn't it about time?
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Date: 3 Oct 88 15:37:17 GMT
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In article <4201@polya.Stanford.EDU> shap@polya.Stanford.EDU (Jonathan S. Shapiro) writes:
>In my opinion, it would be desirable to introduce a COD2 resource
>whose jump table permits 32 bit offsets (which are supported by the
>68020 and 68030). Granted such software would be runnable only on the
>Mac II, but that is fundamental - programs that big won't run in 1M.
Given that a new MacOS is coming (presumably only for machines with MMU's
from the rumors I've heard), this probably won't even be a limitation.

Many developers seem to be producing Mac and Mac ][ version of things, so there
will be a split like that between 64K Apple ][ and Apple // GS software.  Too
bad that the price is usually proportional to the prices of the machines :-(

I predict that the new operating system will be named MacOS 32.
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