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> old tasks could've all been run in the first 16 megs and clean apps run anywhere else. It's a shame Apple didn't do this. It would not have been feasible; RA
by marssaxman 4y ago
> old tasks could've all been run in the first 16 megs and clean apps run anywhere else. It's a shame Apple didn't do this.
It would not have been feasible; RAM was expensive back then. Most of Apple's 68020 and 68030 machines only shipped with 1MB of RAM; it was not until 1992 that they started shipping machines with 4MB.
- johnklos 4y agoYou don't need that much memory to make use of memory management. In many cases, using memory management can help to save memory, but that's another discussion. Obviously you don't need to use MODE32 if you don't use more than 8 megs. Same thing. Memory wouldn't be rearranged to have (stuff in the first 16 megs) and (everything else) until you have more memory than would fit in the first 16 megs.