| From: | Kolbj�rn Barmen |
| Date: | 10 Jan 2000 at 13:07:34 |
| Subject: | Re: Memory Use with BB1 |
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kolbj=F8rn_Barmen?= <kolla@nvg.ntnu.no>
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Michael Bourne wrote:
> > Yes, but not only with BB1 - however, it is directly related to
> > the use of a larger background image. The new IPrefs seems to
> > store the picture twice in memory just like the old one, while
> > FastIPrefs didn't do this. As I'm low on fastram I'm back to some
> > patterns instead of fullsize images and hope FastIPrefs will be
> > updated for OS 3.5 :)
For what it's worth, the IPrefs supplied with OS3.5 _is_ fastiprefs,
but ofcourse they didnt ship the FastIPrefs WBPattern with it.
> Another strange thing, it requires more memory to list "by name"
> than "by icon"? At first glance this appears to be the opposite
> to what I'd expect. Any comments?
Even though the icons are not shown, they are still stored in ram.
Add the text needed to show all the extra info in the lister, and tada.
Solution: dont use WB, use scalos or DOpus.
> OS3.5, BB_1, A2000 060, PicIV, Picasso96, *2MB* chip, 64MB fast,
> and so on.
No reason why you shouldnt be able to have 1.9MB of chip ram free.
> The apparent inability to save def-drawers so that they "view by
> name" and *not* "by icon" any longer is another small inconvenience.
hm?
> Outside of those things I believe the gentlemen responsible have
> done some wonderful work and I congratulate and thank them
> wholeheartedly.
Well, it's a start :)
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