Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!amdahl!dgcad!dg-rtp!dg!emav51!colella From: colella@emav51.webo.dg.com (Wayne Colella) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Excel 1.5 and "Fragmented Memory"? Message-ID: <1208@dg.dg.com> Date: 11 Dec 90 15:53:02 GMT References: <29@sierra.STANFORD.EDU> Sender: root@dg.dg.com Reply-To: colella@emav51.webo.dg.com (Wayne Colella) Distribution: na Organization: Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA Lines: 6 I've had the exact same problem numerous times - I've got 8Mb of memory and no other applications running, but Excel can't seem to find a contiguous chunk to run in. It only needs 200-400K, I believe. Anyway, rebooting the system will get around the problem (obviously), but I, too, would love to find out a better solution if anyone has one... Wayne Colella colella@emav51.webo.dg.com