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- From: ntc@doc.ic.ac.uk (N T Cheung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: System memory useage under system 7
- Message-ID: <18fo0jINNeb5@oak2.doc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 14:12:35 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.004906.5000@sierra.com> <16858986D.DOBENSON@ua1vm.ua.edu>
- Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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- >In article <1992Sep1.004906.5000@sierra.com>
- >tbiggs@sierra.com (Todd Biggs) writes:
- >
- >>Why under system 7 on a MAC with 17MB of memory does the system take up
- >>12 MB of space when the system that is there should only use 3 MB at most ?
- >>
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- You are probably operating in 24 bit mode. You have to operate in 32bit mode
- to access memory above 8mb.
- Open the memory control panel, change your setting to 32bit mode, then restart.
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- You should have access to all 17mb.
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- Good luck,
-
- Tseung
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