OT memory too cheap to pass up

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Sat Jan 27 19:03:24 2001

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Tom Owad wrote:

> >Yoo ain't foolin' me, boy. How else would you explain that my IIci
> immediately
> >recognised the 16 MB I added into it (before, it had only run on 8), and
> >immediately found a way for the OS to take over the absolute majority of that
> >memory, leaving me with about as much (little) free memory as before.
>
> Without 32-bit addressing enabled, the MacOS can only access 8 MB RAM.
> Anything more is reported as being used by the system.

Ah, bollocks, I thought I had solved that by using a IIci, which is 32-bit
clean.

> You need to switch from 24-bit to 32-bit addressing in the Memory control
> panel.

I see now that it was turned to 24-bit, right. The 4-meggers have found a
new home now, though. =)
Received on Sat Jan 27 2001 - 19:03:24 GMT