[comp.sys.mac] How would you like an extra 500K of RAM for free?

jmunkki@santra.UUCP (10/03/87)

The basic Macintosh II has 1M of RAM. When you add an apple video card, you get
256K or 512K of video RAM. A single bit plane uses about 38K of this memory and
even the full 8-bit graphics mode uses only 300K. This leaves you with at least
212K of free memory. This is just enough for a System Heap under MultiFinder or
it could at least be used for a RAMDisk. I think that although this works only
on an Apple Video Card, someone could write a patch that optionally would make
use of the VRAM.

Juri Munkki
jmunkki@santra.hut.fi