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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Emergency memory
Message-ID: <6435@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 89 16:58:28 GMT
References: <142@mindlink.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <142@mindlink.UUCP> a46@mindlink.UUCP (Robin Ritchey) writes:
>Question:
>
>        Does the Exec (or what ever you call the memory management area)
>keep memory aside for emergency use?
>

No.  However, the graphic library does keep a ripcord on some memory.
Like most ripcords, it can only be pulled once without repacking
the chute :-)
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