Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cwjcc!ncoast!wfhami!bill From: bill@wfhami.UUCP (Bill Hogsett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: AmigaUUCP1.03D Question Keywords: UUCP, Free Memory, contiguous Message-ID: <02782.AA02782@wfhami.UUCP> Date: 18 Feb 90 13:08:31 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.tech Lines: 51 Expires: A question has been asked concerning UUCP 1.03D and rnews The question was: TSI@cup.portal.com writes: >I have installed the binaries from the recent posting of AmigaUUCP 1.03D and h >have run into a problem. I have been running an old version of AmigaUUCP for >several months with success so have had some experience with it. >The problem is that when uuxqt runs to process news work files it immediately >reports cannot load rnews: insufficient free store. I get this even though I >have as much as 800K free. My newsfeed is not in compressed form. Doug Lee responded as follows: I have observed this too! In Matt Dillon's documentation somewhere, he mentions that rnews takes an enormous amount of memory. I have NOT been able to get uuxqt to work on my one meg machine. When using the Francis 4 meg expansion (which can be flakey, hence trying to run without it for reliable unattended operation), uuxqt works just fine. I think I managed to get free memory up to the 800k level and it didn't work. When running on the Francis, it does take at least 650K for extended periods. I can't account for the extra, but know it actually needs at least > 800K free to work. Educated guess: maybe it needs a CONTIGUOUS 650K block. If you have 512K chip and 512K fast ram as I do minus Francis, the largest possible block is something less than 512K. It would be interesting to find out if it works on a 1 meg chip ram machine. I too have seen the problem, and I believe (very sure) the problem is that rnews requires a large block of contiguous memory. I have a 1.5 A1000 and normally have around 950K to a meg free. Rnews will not load if there is not a contiguous free block of at least 450K (not sure of the exact number). The total amount of free memory needs to be around 950K minimum also. I normally have to reboot to get the required contiguous memory. (Anyone got a sure fire way to clear the fragmented memory?) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Hogsett CLEVELAND AREA-AMIGA USERS' GROUP (CA-AUG) ncoast!wfhami!bill (216) 292-4404 (BBS) 20876 Almar Drive Shaker Heights, OH 44122 I get paid for my legal opinions, but 216-295-1624 I'd really rather talk about my Amiga. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------