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From: drc@dbase.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: System 4.2 // MUCHO Memory hog!!
Message-ID: <265@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 09:37:03 EST
Article-I.D.: dbase.265
Posted: Tue Nov 17 09:37:03 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Nov-87 23:33:34 EST
References: <8711140548.AA25892@decwrl.dec.com>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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In article <8711140548.AA25892@decwrl.dec.com>, hunt@firqb.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
>  
>  I have upgraded to system 4.2, Finder 6.0, MF 1.0.  Some things I have found:
>  
> 1)  The new system takes up MUCHO memory!!!  Mine is taking 700-900K (As shown
> by the Finder 'About' box.  Only 350k is 'in use', but 700-900 is reserved to
> the system.
I'll bet you have a 512K RAM Cache turned on (that's reflected in the system
figure/bar).

>  
> 2)  Videoworks II sometimes dies on my Mac II (2 meg) with a message saying:
>  
>      Not enough memory for operation, 5902 needed, 69902 available
>  
> What the H*LL does that mean!!!
I don't know for sure, but it probably means that the largest single block from
your 69K is not large enough to handle the memory request.

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