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- From: skum@bessel.umd.edu (Allon Stern)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Mac IIci memory problems...
- Keywords: Mac IIci memory problems...
- Message-ID: <17635@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 14:10:49 GMT
- References: <78561@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu
- Organization: Skum Knows Unix, Maybe
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- In article <78561@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastjs@prism.gatech.EDU (The Amazing Jim Stembridge) writes:
- >I have a Mac IIci with Daystar 64k cache card, 20 megs of RAM, internal
- >105 meg hard drive. I'm running system 7.0.1. When I do "About This
- >Macintosh", I see the system using 16megs of the 20megs.
- >This is a problem. The system only should be taking up 2-3 megs and
- >I only have the ram cache set for 512k. Virtual memory is off. The cache
- >card is turned off. Does anybody have a clue as to why the system is
- >taking up all the memory? Please mail your responses...thanks.
- >--
- > ccastjs@hydra.gatech.edu
- > I don't know nuthin bout anythin.......
-
- This is enough of a FAQ that I think it should be answered here.
- The solution is simple -- turn on 32 bit addressing in the Memory
- control panel. With 24 bit addressing, you won't be able to get
- more than (what, 8, or is it 12) megs of memory accessible.
- --
- Allon, who had the very same problem once and felt really stupid about it
- at the time.
-