Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekgen!tekred!jasons
From: jasons@tekred.TEK.COM (Jason Scheck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Virtual memory init
Keywords: virtual memory
Message-ID: <3508@tekred.TEK.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 89 22:49:47 GMT
Reply-To: jasons@tekred.TEK.COM (Jason Scheck)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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Is there any real good reason that Multifinder couldn't swap on a
application by application basis?  I mean, when the Set Aside option
of the new beta multifinder were chosen, why couldn't its entire
application heap and process variables be written to disk, freeing
up the memory it used.  This would work on any generation of macs.
The only problem is, Apple is the only one with enough internal 
Multifinder information to do it (right?).

I rarely (very rarely; I have 1 Mb) run 
anything in the background under multifinder.  On the other hand,
the ability to quickly switch applications could be nice.

Jason Scheck
jasons@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM