Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!jerryg From: jerryg@Apple.COM (Jerry Godes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Communications Toolbox questions Message-ID: <5626@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 5 Dec 89 23:59:52 GMT References: <9125@hoptoad.uucp> <36869@apple.Apple.COM> <9194@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 19 In article time@oxtrap.UUCP writes: >If my user has a one megabyte system, then pulling the CTB INIT >out of the SystemFolder and rebooting to get the memory back is not a >big inhibitor. BUT, running the Installer to do this is unacceptable. >I think making the CTB go into the System the way it does now is a >poor choice. See my previous posting about this. On a one meg system, we only use 2K out of the system heap. >Also, is it really necessary to even make the 'Comm' inits? Couldn't >INIT 31 be made smart enough to look for CTB first? Yes... This could have happened - but, the problem is both timing and complexity. The CommToolbox release isn't tied to a system release - therefore, the INIT 31 can't change at the same time we release the CommToolbox. Jerry Godes CommToolbox Janitor Apple Computer, Inc.