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From: holt@apple.UUCP (Bayles Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: More on the Mac 512K and LW 5.0 Problem
Message-ID: <7251@apple.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 88 20:29:26 GMT
References: <2767@dalcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: holt@apple.UUCP (Bayles Holt)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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In Article 12187 gergely@dalcs.UUCP (Peter J Gergely) writes:
>More on the 512K, KE; Laser Driver 5.0, and Systems 3.2, and 3.3.
>...

Unfortunately, the enhancement from version 4.0 of the LaserWriter
drivers to 5.0 and the introduction of background printing for
Multi-Finder, finally pushed the operation of the driver beyond the
limits of the 512k Macintosh.  This was somewhat unintentional
because testing which had been conducted on 512k systems seemed to
work.

In any event, we are in the process of correcting the 512k problem
and hope to have a workable solution when version 5.2 is released.  
Even so, the 5.0 version is still going to be more memory hungry
than previous versions and developers ought to be aware that 
arbitrary fixed allocations for free memory during printing is
perhaps not a good idea.

--Bayles
holt@apple.UUCP
APPLELINK: Holt2

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