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From: farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...)
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Date: 22 Jan 91 12:57:14 GMT
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I, my very flawed self, wrote:

>awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>>As I understand them, desk accessaries reside primarily on disk with a pointer
>>to the code on disk.    The desk accessory is invoked via a menu.

>You do not understand them.  Desk accessories become part of the system
>file, unless you are running a utility like "Suitcase".  They absolutely
>take up RAM.

No, *I* don't understand them.  Should have looked it up in Inside Mac,
instead of posting a knee-jerk pseudo-knowledgable response at 4:00 A.M.

Sorry - it's been pointed out to me by several that DAs do not take up
space in the system file - only pointers to them and their disk locations
do.  Still think the "infinite DAs" of the Amiga are better, though :-)

-- 
Mike Farren 				     farren@well.sf.ca.us