jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Kain) (02/28/91)
I heard a rumor recently, and wondered if anyone on the net could confirm or deny it: The rumor is that once System 7 is released, there will be provisions made to outfit older Macs with 32-bit clean ROMs. If this IS the case, 1 - Will it go all the way back to MacPlusses, 2 - Will owners of accelerators, etc. on Plusses be affected, 3 - Will this remove the MacOS 4Meg maximum memory limitation? Thanks for whatever information any of you can provide... Jeff -- "Swing is a feeling... Everything else is just style." --Capt. Swing jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
udrubini@mcs.drexel.edu (David F. Rubinic) (02/28/91)
In article <1991Feb28.064524.19071@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Kain) writes: >I heard a rumor recently, and wondered if anyone on the net could >confirm or deny it: > >The rumor is that once System 7 is released, there will be provisions ^^^>made to outfit older Macs with 32-bit clean ROMs. > >If this IS the case, > > 1 - Will it go all the way back to MacPlusses, > 2 - Will owners of accelerators, etc. on Plusses be affected, > 3 - Will this remove the MacOS 4Meg maximum memory limitation? > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I have have 8 megs in my system now, and can use all of it.A >Thanks for whatever information any of you can provide... > >Jeff > >-- >"Swing is a feeling... Everything else is just style." > --Capt. Swing > >jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu udrubini@mcs.drexel.edu "But ours goes to eleven..." - Spinal Tap
jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Kain) (03/01/91)
udrubini@mcs.drexel.edu (David F. Rubinic) writes: >I have have 8 megs in my system now, and can use all of it.A I meant on a macPlus, which I guess is limited to 4 megs. I thought it was something in the ROMs, but I guess is limited by the hardware (I have an '020 accelerator, but it doesn't have its own SIMM slots). Jeff -- "Swing is a feeling... Everything else is just style." --Capt. Swing jkain@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn) (03/02/91)
Wouldn't putting 32-Bit "clean" ROMs in a machine that cannot do 32-Bit Addressing (a 68000 or 68020 w/o the PMMU) be futile? Steve