The following is inferred largely from the hardware documentation. @i(Why You Don't Need Local Memory on the Processor Board to Boot Up a K/Mac:) Initial virtual --> physical memory map built into the processor board. Mac sets up initial part of memory; in so doing, the Program Counter is initialized on processor memory board: @example Processor Memory Board ---> Initial Map ---> Physical Memory Board @end(example) PC (a valid virtual address) is then translatable into a physical address. Low memory is always in the cache (IR cache?). Cache misses may be only way to fill it -- can cache misses even occur? Issue: Can the communication area exist in low memory? Is cache conflict a problem? Is there instruction caching, but no data caching?? Ask Rick.