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- From: David Gentry <dgentry@vlsi4.racal.com>
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- Subject: Re: How can I make WB use less CHIP mem?
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 14:17:28 GMT
- Organization: Racal-Datacom
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- jsev@midland.co.nz (John Severinsen) wrote:
- >On 28-Feb-96 01:48:42 (Msg ID: <5rbumkev5x.fsf@ritz.mordor.com>), Joseph Thomas
- >wrote:
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- >>mem, but I'm not sure what they'd be. If it makes a difference, I'm
- >>running a 256 color Super72 Hi-res desktop.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- >That is most probably your answer. 800x600x8 = almost 500K of RAM let alone the
- >chip ram required by other proggys. Another possibility: Do you run one of
- >those piccy bootup programmes (the ones that display a nice picture while your
- >machine boots up)? If so, that will cause severe chip ram fragmentation.
- >
-
- Also, a program called lowfrag on Aminet might help alleviate memory
- fragmentation problems. This alone has caused many programs to stop
- running even if enough memory was available.
-
- Dave G.
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