Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice2.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice2!bhs From: bhs@ccice2.UUCP (Ben Stoltz) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Why not >512K? Message-ID: <538@ccice2.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 12:15:56 EST Article-I.D.: ccice2.538 Posted: Tue Jan 8 12:15:56 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 01:12:10 EST Distribution: na Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 11 People have mentioned that the memory manager would have problems with an "ObeseMac" ( >0.5 MB) because of the gap created by the hardware addresses. I think that will will see usable 1 or 2 MB Macs as soon as someone rewrites the memory manager to overlook this problem. Remember that any routine in the Rom can be replaced by changing its trap vector to point to your own code. Ben Stoltz Computer Consoles Inc. 97 Humboldt St. Rochester, New York 14609 (716) 482-5000