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From: jchiu@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Multifinder memory costs
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Date: 14 Mar 88 18:15:00 GMT
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/* Written  1:36 pm  Mar 11, 1988 by lsr@Apple.COM in ccvaxa:comp.sys.mac */

>> ...  Sure it would have been easier and
>> smaller to design in MultiTasking from the start, but MultiFinder is not
>> large (50K) and it works very well... 

Off the heated topic of window interface, does anyone care to explain
the memory requirement for starting multifinder?

Typically, after starting up with plain finder, the About Box says: 
	220K for the system,
        8xxk(the rest) for the finder

Then, if I start up multifinder by double click its icon with opt and command
keys, the About Box will say:
	350K for the system
	160K for the finder

It does seem to take more than 50K for the system heap when using multifinder,
isn't it?   Is this memory usage typical (normal) on a 1-Meg SE?

Jeff Chiu
Gould CSD-Urbana
jchiu@gswd_vms
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