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From: dlw@Atherton.COM (David Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: 7.0B1 question Finder memory size & Syquests
Keywords: Finder 7.0B1 Syquests Memory Copying
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Date: 3 Dec 90 22:01:19 GMT
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A question about System 7.0B1 concerning memory allocated to the finder...

Using the current 6.x series system one may increase the amount of
memory allocated
to the finder via Get Info. This is nice as I've noticed that without a 
healthy amount of memory copying many files (ie +300) at a time or one
large file to a syquest cartridge will fail. The system gives a disk
write (cancel continue) error.

From what I've seen of 7.0B1 System the Finder's memory does not seem to
be changeable. If you do a get info on it you can't change its allocation as
it does not even show one. Is there a preferences somewhere else to allow one
to increase the amount of memory the Finder has available to it? Or
are the owners of some 600,000 syquest cartridges potentially out of luck in
terms of 7.0? It would be highly irrtating to have Finder copies continually
fail simply because it can not make use of memory that is physically or
virtually available when needed.

It looks as if the Finder permanently uses only 330k or so of memory...(this
figure is not precise as I am not currently staring at the About the Finder
box). As I remember some people also found that running with a larger finder
helped them out when running Virtual as well.

So whats the scoop? How does one give the Finder more memory under 7.0?

David Williams
dlw@atherton.com