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In article <4231@hubcap.UUCP> disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger) writes:
   | >From article <Jan.27.14.18.00.1989.3933@pilot.njin.net>, by gould@pilot.njin.net (Brian Jay Gould):
   | >> I have a MAC II with 5MB of RAM.  I'm hoping that someone
   | >As do we.
   | >> 2) Several times per day, I can't open Excel.  I get a message
   | >> about memory fragmentation.  According to "about finder", the
   | >> largest unused block is at least 2MB, and Excel is configured
   | >> for 1MB max.
   | >We have seen a behavior similar to this when we used DeskPict to put
   | >the Apple Balls on our desk top.  I don't know if this is a problem
   | >with Excel or DeskPict.
   | >
   | >> Any help at all would be appreciated.
   | >What he said.
   | >Gary

If Excel finds the lower 1 meg of memory in what it considers to be a too
fragmented a state for it to grab what it considers a usable contiguous
chunk of memory, then you will get the fragmentation error.  Currently there
is not much you can do to fix this.  Both known work-arounds are really
kludgy.  You can try re-booting and running Excel first, or run only
unifinder.

This headache causing limitation will go away in the next major release...RSN.

Stu.

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