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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What Would I Do With 20 Megs of RAM in a SE/30?
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Date: 20 Dec 89 21:28:14 GMT
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In article <634@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes:
>My question is this: What can I do with 20 megabytes of RAM that I
>could not do with 8 megabytes of RAM, which would justify the extra
>$3000?

Digitize one side of "Alice's Resteraunt" in 22kHz sound?  :-)

I have a Mac SE/30 with 5 Megs RAM; I also use MultiFinder all the time, and
usually have three or four things going at once.  It is *rare* for me to run
out of memory at this level -- and this is someone who digitizes ridiculous
amounts of sound.  So I think, in general, that 8 Megs really will be just
as handy for your purposes (as stated in your article) as 20 Megs.

>	- I am aware that System 7.0 is "just around the corner,"
>	  i.e., April (maybe). Will this have (or should it have) an
>	  impact on my decision?

It'll have virtual memory, which means (approximately, and in one paragraph,
and without getting into an explanation of virtual memory) that you'll be
able to simulate 20 Megs of RAM with 8 megs and a section of your hard disk.
IF Apple does it right.

Really, use that $7,000 for what you REALLY want on an SE/30 -- a big color
monitor with 24-bit color and a Quickdraw Accelerator!  (And if you don't
want it, send it to me! :-) )

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                            talked a little about Graham Chapman & the
                            memorial service they held for him.  Ten or so
                            people got up & gave tributes to Graham, & then it
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                            co-writer of the 'Dead Parrot' sketch, is no more.
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                            Cleese went on to add that some people might find
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