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From: kwallich@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Ken Wallich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hypercharger 68020 Board and added RAM.
Message-ID: <11540084@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Dec 87 22:12:11 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>The Hypercharger user manual says 3.5Meg should be available.
>The Hypercharger technical installation manual says 2.5Meg should be available!

>Its all because of the 68020 and its need to have 32 bit words.
>Mac II owners run into the same problem. 
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Why should I (a MacII owner) have problems because Hypercharger doesn't
let you access all your memory?  We have a MacII with 8 meg here at work,
and seem to be able to use 8 meg.  My macII at home has 1 meg and I can
use 1 Meg.  I may not be catching something in your explaination of the
problem, but it all seems quite fishy to me.  I am interested in your
growing pains with your MacII, could you elaborate?  I am sure the MacII
owners out there would like to avoid any potential pitfalls we are
unaware of...  

BTW:
Isn't a SE + a Hypercharger + extra memory about the same price as a
MacII with a color monitor?  Just wondered why people went that route
(aside from the "the SE is quite portable, the II isn't" argument, I
can QUITE understand that one).


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