🚀 go-pugleaf

Has anyone noticed that when you run under MultiFinder the memory allocated
to the "system" grows and grows and grows without every getting smaller? 

I noticed it recently when I decided to format a box of disks.  I'd format a
disk and then use cmd-shift-1 to eject it and pop in a new unintialized
disk.  Naturally, by the time I finished I had a whole bunch of greyed out
disk icons.  I then threw the icons into the trash.

A while later I tried to run Canvas, and to my surprise Multifinder told me
that I didn't have enough memory (this on a 2Mb Mac II w/ VersaTerm 3.1
being the only other program in memory)!  Looking at "About the Finder" told
me that the "System" memory was taking up >600k.  Normally, its only abut
293k or so.  

I tried using DiskInfo's compact memory but all it did was to decrease the
amount of memory used within the 600k system partition -- only about 250k
was being used, but the system partition was still 600k!  How do I get the
system to realize that it should shrink its partition size?

BTW, I just purchased my Mac II last week, but I didn't get Multifinder, nor
did I get a card that said I can get multifinder for free.  What's going on
here -- is my dealer (Cornell Univ.) ripping me off?

Christopher Chow
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