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From: jrv@sdimax2.mitre.org (VanZandt)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Ghostscript (MS-DOS) memory requirements
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Date: 25 Sep 90 19:02:07 GMT
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When I try to view a modest PostScript file with the MS-DOS version of
Ghostscript with the command

	C>gs_2_0 foo.ps

all I get is this error printout...

	Reading ghost.ps... gsmisc.c(35): alloc chunk: malloc failed
	frame 4aee1c5a called from 16e40209 (16e40209)
	frame 4aee1c6e called from 1d0902f8 (1d0902f8)
	frame 4aee1c82 called from 1d09002f (1d09002f)
	frame 4aee1c90 called from 18ab090c (18ab090c)
	frame 4aee1ce8 called from 18ab018c (18ab018c)
	frame 4aee1d08 called from 156d0791 (156d0791)
	frame 4aee1d1e called from 156d0681 (156d0681)
	frame 4aee1e00 called from 15f10302 (15f10302)
	frame 4aee1e2c called from 156d00e5 (156d00e5)
	frame 4aee1f1e called from 12920107 (12920107)
	frame 4aee1f36 called from 3a450000 (3a450000)
	
	Interp returns -25
	ostack:
	0x44385048: 0x0d str  -ewr------ 0x000a 0x60580020
	0x44385050: 0x0d str  -ewr------ 0x0001 0x4d070728
	0x44385058: 0x05 int  ---------- 0x0000 0x00000002  =  2
	estack:
	0x44384b48: 0x09 oper x--------- 0x0000 0x18ab02bf
	0x44384b50: 0x03 file xe-r------ 0x24c5 0x4d071de0
	0x44384b58: 0x00 arry xewr------ 0x0012 0x5b754298

I have a '386 with an EGA.  A reasonable fraction of my conventional
memory is free.  CHKDSK reports:

		   655360 bytes total memory
		   579552 bytes free

Does the MS-DOS version of Ghostscript require a LOT of memory, or
am I doing something wrong?  

                               - Jim Van Zandt (jrv@mbunix.mitre.org)