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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Sys 7 Finder copy & memory;  also Shortcut upgrade
Message-ID: <53278@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 May 91 22:00:18 GMT
References: <4009@nosc.NOSC.MIL>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <4009@nosc.NOSC.MIL> samuels@halibut.nosc.mil (Lawrence J. Samuels) writes:
>In System 7, it seems to me that Finder copies are a 
>little slower than I'm used to, in 'Multifinder'.  Under 6.0.x,   
>I used to give the Finder more application memory in the Get Info box,
>and I _thought_ this helped (placebo effect?) - the Finder could copy
>a larger chunk of the source into memory, was my thinking.
>
>1)  Was/is my figuring correct?

I don't think so. I was once told that all Finders before 7.0 copied
at most 200K at a time, even on 8Meg machines.

>2.  You can't 'set' the Finder memory allocation anymore (at least
>not in the Get Info box) - any suggestions?

There shouldn't be any reason for upping the partition size of 7.0's
Finder. It has enough room in that partition for all permanent and
other "standby" resources. For temporary memory needs (for instance,
when copying), it uses the temporary memory calls.

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