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From: hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer)
Subject: Re: A weird utility & installing sys 7.0
Message-ID: <1991May19.111848.24285@wuarchive.wustl.edu>
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO
References: <1991May18.104110.22678@nntp.hut.fi> <1991May18.184711.20619@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 19 May 91 11:18:48 GMT

I have had another irritating problem with system 7.0 a few times. It
eats up/fragments the WHOLE memory. Sometimes when there is not enough
memory for doing something in the finder, because another program is
running, then it closes some of its windows. When I then go and quit all
mty applications, then the finder still claims that it can't open a
window 'cause it is out of memory. Having the finder use 5MB is not
possible on a classic/SE/Plus, so how can these poor people use system
7.0 ?    ;^)

It is an irritating problem, I wonder if other people have experienced
it too ? I am using a 5MB SE/30 with RasterOps 264/30 color board, but
is most often using it in 256 color mode. I remember that at least one
of the times I experienced the problem was while I was trying to change
the screen depth. (from 8 to 24 bit). But it has also happened without
touching the monitors cdev.


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