Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

[Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>]

william strutts wrote:

> "Roy Miller" <millers@inebraska.com> wrote in message
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> > william strutts wrote:
> >
> > > "Byron Desnoyers Winmill" <wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote in
> message
> >>  - 64MB to 256MB RAM with battery backup, for
> >>    storing documents.  Or use flash memory if
> >
> > WHAT?!?!  24 address lines gets you 16 megabytes. He's taking 4-8
> > The fact is that the Mac Plus had 24 address lines and 4 megs. - and that
> was
> > in 1986!
>
> Apple crippled the memory on the early machines.  The later
> LC had 10 meg of RAM available although 6 meg was set
> aside for ROM.  The Mac Plus was even worse. It was limited
> to 4 meg because Apple didn't let the Mac support larger than
> 1 meg simms.  It only had 4 simm slots.  To go larger it had to
> support larger simms like a 4 meg simm.  However, on the Mac
> Plus/SE, Apple set aside 8 meg of address space for ROM.   This
> limit was not broached until Apple decided to make 68020 based
> machines with larger address space. He is wanting 64 to 256 meg
> of static RAM.

But he mentioned 4-8 megs of RAM, which is VERY doable with a 68000, and the
64-256 as battery backedup RAM disk for documents. As RAM disk, the address
lines aren't the issue. You can have 1 meg RAM disks with the Apple ][+.

Roy

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