Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!pmbergla
From: pmbergla@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Per Bergland)
Subject: Re: Sys 7 Finder copy & memory;  also Shortcut upgrade
Message-ID: <1991May24.150456.1714@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <4009@nosc.NOSC.MIL> <53278@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 15:04:56 GMT
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In article <53278@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
>In article <4009@nosc.NOSC.MIL> samuels@halibut.nosc.mil (Lawrence J. Samuels) writes:
>>In System 7, it seems to me that Finder copies are a 
>>little slower than I'm used to, in 'Multifinder'.  Under 6.0.x,   
>>I used to give the Finder more application memory in the Get Info box,
>>and I _thought_ this helped (placebo effect?) - the Finder could copy
>>a larger chunk of the source into memory, was my thinking.
>>
>>1)  Was/is my figuring correct?
>
>I don't think so. I was once told that all Finders before 7.0 copied
>at most 200K at a time, even on 8Meg machines.
>
>>2.  You can't 'set' the Finder memory allocation anymore (at least
>>not in the Get Info box) - any suggestions?
>
>There shouldn't be any reason for upping the partition size of 7.0's
>Finder. It has enough room in that partition for all permanent and
>other "standby" resources. For temporary memory needs (for instance,
Yeah??
Hasn't anybody else tried to open a HUGE suitcase of fonts or DAs, only
to be given the message:
Finder ran out of memory bla bla bla

Fortunately there is a solution, you can either boot Sys 6.x, and set the finder
memory, or I guess you can set it in the 'size' resource from ResEdit (haven't
tried this).
Oh, BTW, has anybody tried this:
Create an application with a picture as balloon help from finder ('hfdr').
Make a nice BIG 24-bit PICT from your favourite 32-bit drawing program, and paste
it into the application, with the resource number corresponding to the 'hfdr'
one.

Turn on balloon help, position it over the app. icon, and presto, your Mac
freaks out...

>when copying), it uses the temporary memory calls.
>
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