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From: kdmoen@watcgl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking Finder (finally)
Message-ID: <1584@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 10:54:11 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 15 10:54:11 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 09:34:11 EDT
References: <1659@leadsv.UUCP> <1478@apple.UUCP>
Reply-To: kdmoen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Doug Moen)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: MacWorld Finder announcement

In article <1478@apple.UUCP> lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) writes:
>The System Heap under Multifinder is dynamically resizable.  All resources
>that come from the System file are loaded into the System Heap.  This
>includes fonts and DAs.  This means, for example, that DAs don't go away
>when you launch an application.

>You need 1Mb and 128K ROMs or later.  More memory will allow you to run
>more application simultaneously.  With Multifinder 1.0b6 (the latest so
>far), you have about 570K left over when running on a Mac Plus with 1Mb.
>The actual amount will depend on the number of fonts/DAs/etc. you have.
>(This number was derived by booting the Multifinder disk itself, which has a
>minimal set of fonts & DAs.)

Does MultiFinder load fonts and da's into the system
folder dynamically, as needed, and purge them as needed, or does it try
to load every font and da into memory at once?
I have a 1Mb MacPlus, with about 800K worth of fonts and desk accessories
in my system folder.  If the latter is true, then I am afraid that
MultiFinder is useless to me, unless I am prepared to purchase a memory
upgrade, or live with a completely stripped system file.
-- 
Doug Moen
University of Waterloo Computer Graphics Lab
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