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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.apple2
Subject: Re: Help!
Message-ID: <15223@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 16 Feb 91 19:53:00 GMT
References: <10847@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <10847@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> smcafee@jarthur.claremont.edu (Sean McAfee) writes:
>What am I doing wrong?

Probably the real problem is that the applications do not gracefully
handle the situation of not having sufficient memory to operate.
(The error code $110A may or may not be directly related to the real
source of the problem.  I would look it up except my reference books
are elsewhere at the moment.)  512KB is certainly considered skimpy
for IIGS desktop applications, some of which absolutely require at
least 1.25MB.  Of course, the use of desk accessories further
reduces the amount of memory available for an application.  You
should also be aware that many public and even commercial software
products such as desk accessories and "init" files, even fonts, have
been known to interfere with the operation of applications.  In
theory, if they are correctly implemented, they should peacefully
coexist, but experience has shown that you should not rely on that.
So it is often worthwhile in tracking down such problems to remove
or deactivate all add-on software, reboot, and see if the problems
persist.