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From: fry_b@husc4.harvard.edu (david fry)
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Subject: Memory compactification runs drive??
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Date: Fri, 3-Oct-86 14:27:59 EDT
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I've noticed that calls to the Toolbox routine MaxMem (which does heap
compactification) cause my WhisperDrive(tm) hard drive to seek the 
System file.  This is happening in an application I'm writing and with
the Diskinfo DA if you select "Compact memory" (although that may
call the CompactMem toolbox routine).  It also happens from a floppy
(startup) disk, but with my hard drive still connected.

It doesn't seem to me as though this happened before.  Why does the
function call cause the program to access the System file?

David Fry				fry@huma1.harvard.EDU
Department of Mathematics		fry@harvma1.bitnet
Harvard University			fry%huma1@harvsc4.bitnet
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