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From: vw3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vernon Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 5.0.4 crashes and NDA/CDAs
Message-ID: <1991Mar3.231256.19755@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 91 23:12:56 GMT
References: <7799@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: vw3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vernon Williams)
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <7799@crash.cts.com> aford@pro-mansion.cts.com (Adam Ford) writes:
>First of all, System Disk 5.04 is a memory HOG.  I have an NDA that shows
>exactly how much memory is free, purgable, total memory, and memory in use.
>I have seen that System 5.04 uses about 1 meg of memory with lots of NDAs
>and CDAs installed.  I have never had a crash with is yet.  Second of all,
>                        
[Stuff deleted]

While 5.04 may use more memory, I must ask how many K of NDA's, CDA's, INITs,
and CDEVs you're using. Remember that the program that you're running takes
up space as well (even if that program is the finder) 

Does it take up more memory than a similarly configured 5.0.2??
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