| From: | Moses Wildermuth |
| Date: | 14 Jan 2000 at 02:52:48 |
| Subject: | Re: Memory Use with BB1<good news update?> |
From: Moses Wildermuth <Mosespro@ecity.net>
Hello John
On 13-Jan-00, John S. Burger wrote:
> From: "John S. Burger" <jsburger@xmission.com>
>
> On or about 13-Jan-00 01:46:29 David Oakes typed the following words about
> "Re: [amigaOS3_5] Re: Memory Use with BB1<good news update?>". My reply is
> thus...
>
> Hi David,
>
>
>> From: "David Oakes" <doakes@fox.nstn.ca>
>
>> John S. Burger said to Moses Wildermuth:
>
>>>>> Do you StackAttack???
>
>>>> Yep, and just recently too.
>
>>> It is really nice when we can find a definate cause.
>
>>>>> I set my stack to 200K early in my S-S so I probably don't need
>>>>> StackAttack anyhow. I existed for years without it, and only
>>>>> started using it in the last year. I wasn't having stack problems
>>>>> but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
>>>>>
>
>> This triggered a memory here. BB1 includes a new HDToolBox, which
>> now defaults to higher buffer and blocksize settings. These, of
>> course, take more memory. You haven't by chance changed either of
>> these settings for your hard drives, have any of you?
>
> No I havn't. How many buffers would one have to set to use up 7 megs of
> fast RAM. :<) The problem is definately StackAttack. Using it with the BB1
> update sucks up 7 megs more Fast RAM than using it with either 3.1 or the
> original 3.5 release. It is reproducable here every time.
>
> Since I never had a stack problem that I know of before using StackAttack I
> have stoped using it.
>
>
> John
Removing stackattack did have a profound effect here as well. I only got back
about 3 megs, but I do have a LOT of stuff running at bootup. Thanks again
for the advice.
Regards
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