cohen@santa_fe.Tops.Sun.COM (10/13/89)
I think I read somewhere that the ROMs in the new IIci are 32-bit clean. Does anyone out there know if this is true? Just curious... Michael Cohen cohen@santa_fe.ebay.sun.com
shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow) (10/13/89)
Yes, the ROMs on the IIci are 32 Bit Clean. However, until System 7.0 comes out, the IIci will still run in 32 bit mode, which means (among other things) that the Macintosh OS will only recognize 8 Megs of motherboard RAM, and that existing, non 32 Bit Clean applications are safe (for the moment). Andrew Shebanow Psychic To The Stars Macintosh Developer Technical Support Apple Computer, Inc.
carl@Apple.COM (Carl C. Hewitt) (10/13/89)
In article <4719@internal.Apple.COM> shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow) writes: >Yes, the ROMs on the IIci are 32 Bit Clean. However, until >System 7.0 comes out, the IIci will still run in 32 bit mode, ^^ 24-bit mode >which means (among other things) that the Macintosh OS will >only recognize 8 Megs of motherboard RAM, and that existing, >non 32 Bit Clean applications are safe (for the moment). The IIci is 32-bit clean, as Andrew said, but will run in 24-bit mode until 7.0 is released. You will then be able to select which mode you want to run in. The above was just a typo, but I didn't want people who didn't notice it getting confused. -- Carl -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | internet: carl@apple.com | Apple Computer, Mac CPU ROM group | | applelink: carl | uucp: {sun,decwrl}!apple!carl | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
jb28+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Joseph Barbose) (10/13/89)
System 7.0 comes out, the IIci will still run in 32 bit mode,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Don't you mean 24-bit mode?
Jeff ;-)thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) (10/15/89)
In article <4719@internal.Apple.COM> shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow) writes: >Yes, the ROMs on the IIci are 32 Bit Clean. However, until >System 7.0 comes out, the IIci will still run in 32 bit mode, ^^^^^^^^^^^ Ah, so that's why everything's crashing :-^ (you meant 24 bit mode, I HOPE) Is a fixed version of Macsbug likely to come along anytime soon? The current versions seem to be completely broken on the IIci... -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: UUCP: ...{spsd,zardoz,felix}!dhw68k!thecloud ========== :::.. ..::: INTERNET: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================
shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow) (10/17/89)
Yes, I did mean that it currently runs in 24 bit mode. My apologies to those who got confused, and my thanks to the (many) people who pointed it out to me. A version of MacsBug that works on the IIci is in progress. Unfortunately, the fix is tied into a MacsBug release that has lots of new features in it (not just machine compatibility fixes), so it won't be out for a while (I don't know exactly how long). Until then, all I can recommend is that you try TMON or Jasik's Debugger. Oh well... Andy Shebanow MacDTS Apple Computer