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- From: kipster@primenet.com (Kip Pesuti)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: How can I make WB use less CHIP mem?
- Date: 28 Feb 1996 00:25:01 -0700
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- >I recently upgraded my '030 A1200 with 16 megs FAST. I made a
- >Toolmanager button for Pinball Illusions on my hard drive. When I run
- >PBI, the game runs all the way up until I want to play a particular
- >table, and then the game stops, saying there's not enough free
- >memory. I'm almost sure this is because despite the gobs of fast mem
- >I have available, PBI wants a lot of chip mem, which seems half
- >depleted (down to 1 meg), by the time my OpusWB comes up.
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- >Does anyone know if there's a way to force all my applications to use
- >fast mem on my WB? I would assume that some things need to steal chip
- >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.
-
- Well, there's a good place to start, right there. You could temporarily
- cut down the # of colors on your workbench. That should save you a lot of
- chip mem. Also, Tool Manager likes to eat chip memory.
-
- >Can anyone give advice here?
-
- >Thanks,
- > Joe
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- God bless you!
- (and your Amiga)
- -Kip
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