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From: jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIci problems
Keywords: more heap, less viruses, virgin system, test inits
Message-ID: <45659@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Oct 90 21:35:34 GMT
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In article <7409@spt.entity.com> mdc@spt.UUCP (Marty Connor) writes:
>In article <1990Oct13.002237.15313@midway.uchicago.edu> c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes:
>
>>(1) The IIci seems to crash *constantly*.  Often this happens doing nothing
>>more sophisticated than clicking on a window.  The system hangs and has to
>>be rebooted.
>
Dear Marty -
  I am really suprised that you missed this one.  This sounds to me like WDEF, 
which caused a lot of the concerns about the CI and compatibility.

>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).
>
>Less than this can cause problems when you have INITs and when
>programs do things that use system heap.
>
>I had a client with a IIci the other day that had similar problems
>with the IIci.  I don't know if a system configured for a IIci takes
>more memory than that for a Plus.  I would assume so, seeing as it can
>do color and so would have code to handle some stuff loaded into RAM
>that a plus would have no use for.
>
>With memory prices down to the $43/meg level you might also consider a
>memory upgrade to 8 meg.
>
>Finally, if you just copied a system from another machine, you might
>want to get 6.0.5 distribution disks from a good dealer and do an
>install to make sure you have a clean system.
>
>And get SAM (from MacConnection) for virus protection.  They
>(Symantec) send postcards about new viruses if you register so you can
>update your virus protection yourself if you want.
>
>Hope some of this helps you and others.
>
>Marty "Public Formats for Public Data!" Connor
>
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