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In article <286917025wnr@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
steverog@thebeast.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:

>Does anyone know:
>
>a) Why the Finder so readily runs out of memory ("... cannot be done now,
>because there is 
>insufficient..." type messages)?
>b) Why allocating it more memory (which can be done using Get Info on your
>System 7 
>Finder on a System 6 machine) doesn't seem to help??
>c) Why using RAM Doubler helps???

a) Seems to happen when the System heap is unable to grow because one of
your apps is using memory right up against it. Until that *specific* app
quits, the finder can do zilch. The memory map features in eg Now Utils or
OtherMenu will identify this app for you. eg:

-----------------
|  Finder       |
-----------------
|               |
|  an app       |
|               |
-----------------
| free, but no  | <-------- something used to be here but has now quit
| use to Finder |
-----------------
|  an app       | <-------- this is the killer
|               |
----------------- <-------- can't grow upwards
|               |
|  System heap  |
|               |
-----------------


b) It's a System heap problem, not a Finder heap problem, so increasing the
Finder's size wont help.

c) cos you get more memory, so the problem is less likely to occcur in the
first place.


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Richard Buckle <richardb@cocytus.demon.co.uk>

How do you make Windows faster? Throw it harder.