Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!galley.cis.ohio-state.edu!sarrel From: sarrel@galley.cis.ohio-state.edu (Marc Sarrel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: System 7.0 Message-ID: Date: 15 May 89 02:45:31 GMT References: <599smithw@yvax.byu.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 20 In-reply-to: smithw@yvax.byu.edu's message of 12 May 89 18:33:47 GMT In article <599smithw@yvax.byu.edu> smithw@yvax.byu.edu writes: Hooray for VM. Those who enjoy the MacOS environment but use memory intensive software (mathematica, maple, etc.) have been praying for something like this to come. I have a IIx with 8MB ram and am constantly running out of memory. Now all I want to know is when can I get my greedy little hands on a beta version.... Sorry to burst your bubble, but the maximum amount of RAM (real + virtual) is still 8Meg. Since the applications share a single address space and the ROMs (in your machine, not Pluses) are addressed starting at 8Meg (and going up), the only space for RAM is below 8Meg. --marc -=- "Master, why is the letter 'i' the symbol for current?" "Because there is no letter 'i' in the word 'current'." "Master, why do we use the letter 'j' for sqrt(-1)?" "Because we use the letter 'i' for current." Whereupon the Master struck the Disciple, and the Disciple became enlightened.