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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: THOR & out of memory...
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 04:09:27 GMT
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access
- Message-ID: <1590.6630T1184T1820@crl.com>
- References: <1552.6629T1317T1812@execpc.com>
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- X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP)
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- >On 25-Feb-96 05:15:52, Paul Dossett <astroboy@netspace.net.au> wrote:
- >>Jeffery S. Jones (jeffsj@execpc.com) said:
-
- >>>I posted a message about THOR's strange behavior in an out of memory
- >>>situation, and had it happen again. With about 200k total free RAM
- >>>left, THOR gave me an out of memory error posting a message. I was
- >>>expecting an email, and decided to grab it, as the Get Mail hasn't
- >>>messed up yet after an out of memory error. But by mistake, I pushed
- >>>Get News, and when I looked back at it there were over
- >>>10000! new articles, which were counting rapidly downward; 8 real
- >>>articles eventually appeared. It is a good thing that I'm not paying
- >>>for my online time
- >>><G> :(
-
- >>>Other than panicking and quiting whenever an out of memory error
- >>>occurs -- even with lots (400k!) of free RAM left -- is there any
- >>>other solution?
-
- >>>Running THOR 2.22, new libraries as of 2 weeks ago, 68000/KS2.04/3
- >>>megs ram.
-
- >>Um, you need more RAM... :)
-
- > That would help, but I don't plan to get more for this machine.
-
- >>I have 17, and Thor still delights in eating it all.. :)
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- >>Where is your Temp path set to in your Configuration?
-
- >>If it's set to T: (the default), I can spot your problem right there.
- >>Try putting it on a HD partition.
-
- > Nope, set to Work:Temp/, perfectly good HD area, generally lots of
- >space.
-
- God I don't know what you all do with all your RAM, Right now I have at least
- THOR going, AmIRC, and AmFTP all at once and still have lots of Ram left. My
- Temp, and Env: directorys are in there Normal place in RAM: Works Great for
- me.
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