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From: andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca (Andy Babinszki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Why do application partitions exist?
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Date: 13 Feb 91 15:20:28 GMT
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In article <1991Feb7.161131.15262@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
> In article <48914@apple.Apple.COM> stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) writes:
> >Dynamic partition sizing is a nice idea, but what happens to an app when
> >memory it thought it had (perhaps checked once at launch time to see if it
> >could run at all?)
> 
> First, I would suggest you set the minimum so the app has enough to run.
> 
> ... deletions ...
> 

Point of Interest:    Michael Peirce ( author of Public Folder ) has created "AppSizer"
a CDEV that allows you to change the Multifinder memory size at launch time, either temporarily
or permanently.

Andy.

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Andy Babinszki - andyb@tardis.wimsey.bc.ca