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From: MEGGIN@vm.epas.utoronto.ca (David Megginson)
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Subject: 40 folder bug
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Date: 11 Dec 89 13:43:40 GMT
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In both TOS 1.2 and TOS 1.4, I have noticed that if a program allocates
_all_ of RAM to itself, the ST will die on disk i/o with a system
shutdown message. Perhaps this is the problem that Diane Barlow Close
has mentioned.





      David Megginson, Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto