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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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 18:10:08 GMT
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In article <22820@well.sf.ca.us> farren@well.sf.ca.us (Mike Farren) writes:

>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

They DO take up space in the System if you aren't using Suitcase or 
MasterJuggler.  The deal is that the System isn't entirely loaded into RAM.
Before I used SuitCase, I had System files in the 3-4 meg range on 1 meg Mac
Pluses.  The System still only took up 200-300k.  Fonts and Desk Accesories
were loaded as needed and the resources purged as others were called.

>do.  Still think the "infinite DAs" of the Amiga are better, though :-)

As a matter of fact, so do I.  Maybe we'll see them in a couple of years on the
Mac.  (I'm just glad my Mac's motherboard will take 128 meg, 'cause I think I'll
be needing it.)