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From: nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIci problems
Keywords: more heap, less viruses, virgin system, test inits
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Date: 13 Oct 90 18:21:01 GMT
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> Chances are that your heap is much too small.  Under multi-finder,
> choose ABOUT THE FINDER, and look at the System bar graph.  About 25%
> of the bar should be white (on the right side).

OK, I give.  I keep hearing this advice, but I never hear any *good*
explanations for it, just folklore.  I would appreciate an
explanation, from someone who *knows* how MultiFinder works, of why
the System heap allocation could cause problems like this.

I've used II's and IIci's for years and have never "expanded" the heap
on any of them.  I've also never had mysterious crashes like this.
The System bar graph certainly has never been 25% white during all
these years.

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