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- From: luca@dedalo.unipg.it (Luca Priorelli)
- Subject: Re: IBM PS/2 Mod. 95 and Memory Error
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.094828.178720@ipgaix.unipg.it>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:48:28 GMT
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- stieglit@orion.oac.uci.edu (Jeff Stieglitz) writes:
-
- > I called IBM about this one and apparently there is an APAR (fix)
- >scheduled because the multi-threaded nature of the file manager can
- >sometimes make it steal too many resources. I had the problem where
- >that error appeared about 200 times - then my system would die.
-
- >Actually, die is a misleading term. The mouse pointer would move,
- >I just couldn't do anything - not even a shutdown.
-
- >IBM support but me on a list of "interested parties". The support
- >rep said many people have downloaded the massive ICON pack from
- >compuserve and elsewhere. They then dump all of the icons in a
- >directory and kill their system when they try to view them.
-
-
- Thank you Jeff. What I don't understand exactly is the reason why this
- happens using 1024x768 resolution and not with 640x480. Is there so much
- difference in resource use between the two?
-
- Luca Priorelli
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