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Re: OzTeX max mem problem

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From: Tom Scavo
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:58
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In article <1992Aug11.090625.22603@nuscc.nus.sg> swkmorri@nuscc.nus.sg (Perry Morrison (Dr)) writes:
>Hi. I'm attempting to tex a document using OzTeX and even after building
>the large formats for plain and latex, it still bombs complaining about
>max mem=65534. If I attempt to increase this parameter in the config
>file, oztex complains about 65534 being exceeded when it reads the
>config file.
>
>Is there any way to increase this parameter in the config file or some
>other hack? I thought that using virtual memory on my mac IIci might
>help but it doesn't.

I don't think there's anything that can be done about this
since the 64k limit is hardcoded into OzTeX.  However, I
understand that all CARDINALs will be converted to LONGCARDs
in version 1.5, thereby raising the limit to  2^32 - 1 .

Something to look forward to, anyway.  :-)

-- 
Tom Scavo
scavo@cie.uoregon.edu
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