Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 02:11:14 -0000
From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com>
Subject: Followup - Old Macs Are Still Great

Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better

This tidbit is from:

Mike Pilgrim

Thanks to all the Evangelist readers who responded to my post in issue 
#1069. I believe I have replied to almost all of you by now :-). While 
the comments were very supportive and I got some good suggestions for 
e-mail solutions beyond EIMS, most of the questions asked how I got past 
the 8MB RAM limit of the SE/30.

The answer is to enable 32 bit addressing which requires a software patch 
originally written by Connectix <http://www.connectix.com>. Apple aquired 
the patch to allow users of the Macintosh II, Macintosh IIx, Macintosh 
IIcx, and Macintosh SE/30 to access memory above the 8MB limit. Here's a 
quote from the Apple ReadMe:

[32-Bit addressing enables Macintosh computers to use more than 8 MB of 
RAM. Virtual memory allows you to use hard disk space to run programs. 
For more information about these features, see the documentation that 
came with your computer or with your system software update kit.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

You should install the 32-Bit System Enabler if you have a Macintosh II, 
IIx, IIcx, or SE/30 with System 7.1 and 4 MB of RAM or more.]

The enabler is called 32-Bit System Enabler (1.0.3) and is still 
available at:

<http://horton.austin.apple.com/cgi-bin/lister.pl?US/Macintosh/System/Other
_System>