| From: | Colin Wenzel |
| Date: | 19 Jan 2000 at 11:00:49 |
| Subject: | Re: Viewing Files And Ram Usage |
From: Colin Wenzel <colstv@hotkey.net.au>
On 19-Jan-00, Marion E. Wyatt wrote:
> From: "Marion E. Wyatt" <amiscorp@earthlink.net>
> On 18-Jan-00 at 19:26:35, Michael Bourne wrote these words of wisdom:
> [snip]
>> 3.1 didn't use chip on this system, 3.5 eats it...
>> eg: (using OS3.5 def_icons)
>>
>> list a directory under 3.1, chip ram = 1 929 944 bytes remaining
>> same directory under 3.5, chip ram = 713 232 bytes remaining
>>
>> And this is by icon. I find this scary....it's worse under "List
>> By Name".
>>
>> Using 3.1 style def_icons makes for some improvement.
>
> I bet you don't have WBC, WBCtrl or TweakWB installed with the Fast
> memory option enabled do you? Makes a world of difference.
>
I just dropped "WB2Fast" in the WBStartup drawer, no more
excess chip mem usage..... !!!
PS: The WB2Fast program is in the "Contributions" drawer
on the 3.5 CD.
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