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From: rotberg@dms.UUCP (Ed Rotberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Bloated System eats RAM!! (was: 6.0.7 from 800K->
Message-ID: <1256@dms.UUCP>
Date: 30 May 91 16:30:33 GMT
References: <1991May30.134717.448@otago.ac.nz>
Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA
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From article <1991May30.134717.448@otago.ac.nz>, by stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger):

> I bought 10Mb RAM for the LC (just for fun :-). Installed fine,
> booted up. WHOA! 3Mb used by the System! What the hey?? Since
> then I have upgraded to 7.0. It occupies 3Mb of RAM. I have tried
> switching off *everything* that could be switched off, and it
> *still* occupies 2.5Mb! Any ideas as to what might be causing
> this and how I can make my system go on a diet? Thanks in
> advance.


My first guess is that you are using the new TMON Pro.  I had the very
same reaction when I started running System 7.0 and then I realized
that I was still running TMON Pro in "robust" mode.  This took up
nearly another Meg all by itself.  If you truly have *everything*
switched off, then get rid of fonts and sounds, because they certainly
will eat up huge gobs of RAM.  Also, try removing the bitmap fonts
from you system file for those fonts for which True Type fonts
exist.  If you really need to trim the system, dump the True Type
fonts and install only a couple of sizes of the bitmap fonts.

Good Luck.  My current plan is to buy some 4 MEG SIMMs.

	- Ed Rotberg -