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From: steig@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Mark J. Steiglitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Changing the 10 open files limit - good idea?
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Date: 12 Jun 90 20:23:46 GMT
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In-reply-to: alexis@panix.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)

In article <727@panix.UUCP>, alexis@panix (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>As for changing this number, there is no reason not to. Several programs, such
>as Fedit and Suitcase, do so.

Up to and including System 6.0.4, you could increase the number up to 27
without any problems, but increasing it to 28 would increase the total size of
all the FCBs above 32K, which caused problems with some applications.

In System 6.0.5, increasing the number above 16 will cause an error message
upon booting, and setting it to 16 will cause a crash upon booting, so don't
set it above 15.
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