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- From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon Wtte)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Mem Mgr Max alloc size (Was: Re: Win 3.1 vs. Mac Toolbox Messaging (Question))
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.105737.26910@kth.se>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 10:57:37 GMT
- References: <93008.105210REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <1993Jan8.174134.29088@kth.se> <hammett.726623377@sbsu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
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- In <hammett.726623377@sbsu1.aukuni.ac.nz> hammett@sbsu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Tim Hammett) writes:
-
- >Actually, I think there is an 8 megabyte limit on memory manager
- >pointer/handle allocations. I haven't tried it (don't have enough
- >memory on this machine), but there's a line in Memory.h:
-
- > maxSize = 0x800000, /*Max data block size is 8 megabytes*/
-
- >I also remember something in Inside Mac about how enormous this 8M figure
- >is compared with the amount of memory the Mac can take (this was back in
- >the days on 128K/512K Macs). How times change. Unfortunately I haven't
-
-
- With the advent of the 32bit Memory Manager, this constraint has
- been lifted. (i.e. several years ago)
-
- Cheers,
-
- / h+
- --
- -- Jon W{tte, h+@nada.kth.se, Mac Hacker Deluxe --
- "You NEVER hide the menu bar. You might go about and change the color
- of it to the color of the BACKGROUND, but you never HIDE the menu bar."
- -- Tog
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