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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Flames about Multifinder
Message-ID: <233@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 22:35:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: dbase.233
Posted: Wed Sep  9 22:35:00 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 09:25:15 EDT
References: <7177@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <3779@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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Summary: Not quite, Joel.

In article <3779@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) writes:
> MultiFinder does not REQUIRE 2Meg.  However, since the Mac Plus
> programs have been getting bigger and bigger.
> 
> I'll bet you could put MacPaint and MacWrite on a 1Mb machine.
> (Don't forget, with MultiFinder, the Finder is automatically
> part of your Switcher-style partition set, so that's actually
> three tasks.)
> 

Sorry, but I just tried it out on my 1MB Plus and Write 4.5, Paint 1.5, and
MultiFinder couldn't quite hack it together.  I don't mean that it crashed
or anything of that sort; however, Write kept giving me messages about
inadequate memory and Paint barely ran at all.  I do like the Finder that
comes with it though, so I will probably use the SingleTasking throughout.

BTW: It really bogs down if you have a large System Heap (like maybe TMON and
Suitcase).  If I want to multitask, I'll use the Pyramid, thanks (or wait 'til
PMMUs are standard and we can do it right).

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team
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