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- Subject: Re: Apps crash in first 16MB RAM, not in last 4 MB?
- Message-ID: <zaphod-060193083242@gregt.winona.msus.edu>
- From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo)
- Date: 6 Jan 93 08:36:33 -0600
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- In article <1i2r2gINN62u@mirror.digex.com>, og@access.digex.com (Gary
- Goldberg) wrote:
- >
- > Thanks in advance for help. I have a 20MB IIcx running System 7.1
- > Mode32, etc. There are (4) 4x8 70ns SIMMs installed in Bank A,
- > and (4) 1x8 80 ns SIMMs in Bank B. I have 32bit addressing
- > turned ON, and virtual memory turned OFF.
- >
- > Some of my applications (notably VersaTerm Pro 3.5) will crash the
- > machine with a bus error if I launch them directly (nothing else but
- > Finder in memory.) But if I launch a program that takes 16MB first,
- > then run VersaTerm, it works fine.
- >
- > (I know I should upgrade VersaTerm Pro to latest version. It may be
- > that I need to, to fix this problem. Is there any reason why the first
- > 16MB should be different then the 4MB that follow?) - Gary
- >
-
- Gary,
- Stupid question, but are you sure they are in banks "A" & "B" as you say?
- Because what you're describing sounds like memory in the wrong bank. Tyr
- exchanging the SIMMS from A to B and vice versa and see what happens.
- BTW is VersaTerm "32 Bit Clean?"
-
- - Greg Talmo (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
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