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From: phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
Keywords: Low Memory Globals
Message-ID: <31564@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 May 89 19:20:06 GMT
References: <2086@ccnysci.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer A/UX Group
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In article <2086@ccnysci.UUCP> alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>Why can't we have a little program that takes a chunk of memory and boots a
>new Mac inside of this memory? In fact, you could probably boot System 6.0
>on this virtual Mac, but I won't push things. (You could probably also run it
>in 24-bit mode while leaving the rest in 32-bit mode.) This would solve all of
>the compatability problems with one stroke.

Well, in way you have that when you use A/UX. Some questions that arise when
this is done: Do you have a sophisticated enough virtual memory manager?
Assuming this is pre-emptive (no?) how do you control access to non-rentrant
toolbox code? And so on ...

Rick Daly can tell you more gory details ...

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