Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!tecot
From: tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ColorFinder problem!
Message-ID: <33161@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Jul 89 00:46:32 GMT
References: <3469@shlump.dec.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <3469@shlump.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
>Hello,
>
>I am having a problem with ColorFinder that Apple gave out.  It works great and
>I have built about 40 icons for it...When I put them in, I get a system error 25
>during the startup as it is finishing the Colorfinder disk reads.  If I pull out
>about 9-10 of the icons, it comes up ok.
>
>BTW, I tried pulling out all inits and it still does it....The Mac II at my
>office does not exhibit the problem even with inits loaded..The 2 machines are
>mirror copies of each others disk, so they should be identical.

1)	As several others have already pointed out, ColorFinder is not an Apple
	product

2)	I noticed that same bug several weeks ago and reported it to Chris.
	He knows what the bugs are and will be fixing it soon.  Coincidentally,
	he is sitting right behind me as I type.  There are a few workarounds:

a) All cicns should be purgeable only.
b) For good measure make all ICN#s purgeable and preload.  This will speed up
   the loading of these resources.  By all means, DO NOT make any ICN# or
   cicn preload without making it purgeable.
c) The two above steps reduce the chances that ColorFinder will run out of
   memory when allocating space for the icons.
d) If the problem persists, increase the sysz resource until the problem goes
   away.  Note that this probably means you have lots of icons and you are
   using scads o' RAM.
e) Wait for the commercial version (if it ever happens).

Note:  DON'T send me (Ed Tecot) mail on ColorFinder; however, Chris will be
more than happy to chat with you for hours on end (just kidding).  He's
cderossi@apple.com

						_emt