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From: c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIci problems
Summary: Thanks . . . problem still unsolved
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Date: 18 Oct 90 22:36:44 GMT
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About a week ago I posted a plea for help: my IIci at work seems to be very
flakey constantly crashing and refusing to run multiple applications.  I
would like to thank the many people who sent me replies -- so many I have
not had time to thank each individually. 

I think I have a satisfactory explanation for the apparent memory shortage:
evidently the video board grabs up a bunch of memory and my color backdrop
takes up another chunk, and color quickdraw a third, resulting in less
useable ram in comparison to my plus.

On the other hand, the constant crashes remain unexplained.  Common
suggestions were:
(1) Check for the wdef virus (I did, using Disinfectant 2.2; no virus present);
(2) Increase the amount of heap using heap-fixer (this seems to be a hotly
debated issue: is this needed for multifinder users or not; someone sent me
heapfixer and I increased the heap and still have problems);
(3) Get rid of my inits and cdevs (these work fine on my plus, and I can't
live without them, but after trying various configurations with many of the
left out, I still have crashes)
(4) Don't use "questionable" applications (I have had crashes with such
applications as hypercard and apple file exchange).

I'm still open for suggestions!

--Walter


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