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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: When will MacOS get virtual memory?
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Date: 3 Oct 88 01:19:00 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Oct  2 20:19:00 1988


The sad thing is, the vast majority of Macintoshes in this world
cannot support virtual memory.  This is because the 68000 chip has a
design flaw that doesn't allow virtual memory to be implemented.

I guess if Apple really intended to support virtual memory soon in all
macintoshes, then it would have put a 68020 or at least a 68010 in the
Mac SE.  But since most machines (SE's, Plus's) have the 68000, these
machines will not have virtual memory any time soon.


Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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