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From: ngg@bridge2.3Com.Com (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Virtual, how many megs?
Message-ID: <561@bridge2.3Com.Com>
Date: 7 Apr 89 21:12:33 GMT
References: <2615@osiris.sics.se>
Reply-To: ngg@bridge2.3Com.com (Norman Goodger)
Organization: 3Com Corp., Mt. View, CA
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In article <2615@osiris.sics.se> ollef@sics.se writes:
> How many Mb (maximum) do I get with the Virtual-init on a MacIIx/SE30 ?
>Someone told me that I can't get more than 8 Meg. Suppose I have 8 Meg 
>HardWare memory, is Virtual of any use?
> If it is a limit for Virtual, is this a general limit for the 030-MMU?

This limit of 8 megs is not a Virtual Limit it is the limit of the
current Macintosh OS. Once System Software allows for more than 8 megs
then Virtual will be able to go as high as you have disk space for. As
the 68020 and up can address much more memory than the Mac OS allows.


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3Com Corp.				Co-Sysop FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
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