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What ROM is this?
Posted by: smrieck511 on 2023-03-17 06:56:55 Just booted for the first time off the 6.0.8 floppy and somehow my SE/30 is seeing the installed 128mb without Mode32? is this a stock ROM?
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2023-03-17 07:16:50 It's seeing it, but it's not usable: note how it's all allocated to the system. The machine isn't in 32-bit mode and can't use it, it just knows it's there. People talk about this more loosely than is perhaps useful: sometimes people say the system can't see lots of RAM if not in 32-bit mode. That's not strictly true: it'll appear in About The Finder / About This Macintosh but it will all appear to be sequestered by the System and applications can't use it. So it's probably a stock ROM, yes. And you'll still need MODE32 to actually use that RAM.
Posted by: smrieck511 on 2023-03-17 08:15:41 It's seeing it, but it's not usable: note how it's all allocated to the system. The machine isn't in 32-bit mode and can't use it, it just knows it's there. People talk about this more loosely than is perhaps useful: sometimes people say the system can't see lots of RAM if not in 32-bit mode. That's not strictly true: it'll appear in About The Finder / About This Macintosh but it will all appear to be sequestered by the System and applications can't use it. So it's probably a stock ROM, yes. And you'll still need MODE32 to actually use that RAM. Ah...ok thanks. I've got a Rominator II coming in the mail tomorrow.
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