8086 (was Re: more talking to the press.)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Nov 17 18:54:38 2003

Ben wrote:
> But did not the EARLY Mac's assume you would never need more than 128K.
> TOTAL in the machine! And that is the only size they made!

Apple management and marketing assumed that, the machine (including
ROM firmware) did not. The logic board was in fact designed for 512K,
though you had to add another multiplexer that was not needed for 128K.
Received on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 18:54:38 GMT