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From: chuq@Apple.COM (The Bounty Hunter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Setting System Heap
Message-ID: <40672@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 May 90 04:32:16 GMT
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steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:
>1. Is this true? My heap looks like it is
>nearly 90 to 95% full. The writer says it shouldn't be more
>than 80% full.

Yes, it is. If you have an INIT or something make a request for heap memory
that can't be fulfilled, nasty things can happen. E-mail programs (that
might temporarily need a chunk of RAM for a message) are more susceptable
than others, but it's more or less general.

>2. Is there another way to change the size
>of the heap? I'm not planning to buy QuicKeys
>any time soon?

I use Widgets, which is from CE Software's Disktop. Heapfixer is another
possibility. For a standard sytem it's not a problem. If you're playing with
lots of INITs....


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