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From: peter@hari.Viewlogic.COM (Peter Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Finder memory problems
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.130442@hari.Viewlogic.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 90 18:04:42 GMT
References: <12570.9011281439@s4.sys.uea.ac.uk> <5996@crash.cts.com>
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In article <5996@crash.cts.com>, alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro) writes:
|> In <12570.9011281439@s4.sys.uea.ac.uk>
jrk@information-systems.east-anglia.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway CMP RA)
writes:
|> 
|> > [...]
|> 
|> I've run across a similar problem - here's an experiment to try...
|> 
|> Try the above sequence a) with many volumes mounted and b) with
|> few volumes mounted. If the problem gets worse/better (in that
order)
|> try increasing the buffer size allocated to finder using Layout 1.9
|> (or more recent if one is available). This buffer size is NOT the
|> "File:Get-Info" startup memory allocation but some internal
|> finder allocation that layout can change.
|>
|> --alen the Lisa Slayer (trying to turn a SPARC into a flame)
|>     alen%shappy.uucp@crash.cts.com (a mac+ uucp host - what a
concept!!)
|>     alen@crash.cts.com

	OK, exactly what is the identification of this "internal" finder
allocation. I tried both Layout 1.9 and ResEdit 2.0b2 LAYO template and
in
niether case could I find anything even closely related to some
internal
allocation or buffer size.

	Peter C

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