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Re: How to allocate memory for Mac programs?
>I'm using the latest demo of Executor for DOS. The Mac system
>software has to have you manually "allocate" memory to apps- how can I
This is only actually true under System 7.x (or System 6.x with
Multifinder); Under System 6 with the normal Finder (which is
essentially what Executor emulates), all Mac memory not used by the core
System is automatically given to the application (which makes sense
since it's the only thing running).
>do this under Executor, or do I have to? I have an 8 meg 486DX4-120,
>I wanted to give Marathon a shot, but upon trying to get into the game
>(the preferences and title screen come up fine), it states I should
>allocate more memory to the app- the game only needs 3 megs, so it
>should work.
Executor _should_ pick up all available memory (less that used by
SmartDrive etc.) automatically, but there are command line switches that
allow you to tweak the way Executor uses memory somewhat. Try running
executor -help
and look at the switches -memory and -applzone in particular.