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Article #10483Re: MetaFont
From: Bernd Raichle
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 08:42
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 08:42
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jcg852@jcsneuro.uucp (John C Gallant) writes: > krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au () writes: > > I am having a problem with MF for the Amiga. I cannot seem to get it > >to run! I have 1Mb RAM and I have memtop and memmax set to 100000 and > >it says, when run, that "Insufficient Memory (5)!" > I haven't run MF on the Amiga but I have run TeX (PasTeX that is). You > probably need to REDUCE memtop and memmax. If I remember rightly, ^^^^^^^^ you NEED to! > memtop/memmax specify number of long words ie 100000 means it is trying > to grab a 400k block of memory. If you don't use a BigMF, you can't set memmax/memtop to 100000 ...and for BigMF a`memoryword' is _two_ long words, i.e., it tries to grap 800k out of 1MB only for the main mem! Don't use a BigMF unless you have at least 1,5-2MB RAM. -bernd
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!ifistg!raichle From: raichle@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Bernd Raichle) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: MetaFont Message-ID: <RAICHLE.91Jun27104256@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Date: 27 Jun 91 08:42:56 GMT References: <9117720.8254@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1991Jun26.231646.8477@newshost.anu.edu.au> Sender: news@ifistg.uucp Organization: Informatik, Univ. Stuttgart. W.Germany Lines: 18 In-reply-to: jcg852@jcsneuro.uucp's message of 26 Jun 91 23:16:46 GMT