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Hardware
Figure 1-3 32-bit and 24-bit memory map comparison
32-bit memory map
$FFFF FFFF $FEF0 FFFF
$FE00 0000 $FD00 0000 $FC00 0000
$6000 0000 $5000 0000 $4400 0000 $4000 0000
$0400 0000 $00E0 0000
$0000 0000
Reserved
Slot E (external video)
Reserved
Slot C (internal video)
Reserved
I/O
Reserved
ROM
Expansion RAM
(bus error)
Illegal
RAM
14 MB maximum,
one continuous bank
$FF FFFF $F0 0000
$E0 0000
$D0 0000
$C0 0000
$90 0000
$80 0000
$00 0000
I/O space
Slot E (external video)
Reserved
Slot C (internal video)
Reserved
ROM
RAM
8 MB maximum,
one continuous bank
ROM
The Macintosh PowerBook 165c ROM is identical to the ROM used in the PowerBook 160 and PowerBook 180 computers. The ROM chips have been moved from the secondary logic board to a new RAM/ROM board to make room for the color display circuits.
A new 32K x
ROM Wait States
ROM accesses by the CPU require 4 processor wait states (7 clock cycles at 33 MHz), which is equivalent to 180 ns per access.
RAM
The PowerBook 165c includes 4 MB of 85 ns pseudostatic RAM, consisting of eight
512K x
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