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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???
>
>Steve Rogers = steverogers@thebeast.demon.co.uk
>--
>Merry - hic! - Christmas.


Reply  a) dunno but it's a real pain.

Reply  b) You can! Drop a copy of your Finder onto FileTyper (for example
... or ResEdit). Change the type from FNDR to APPL. Now it looks like a
normal application. Get Info on this file now, and increase the memory
partition. Drop it back onto FileTyper and change the type back to FNDR.
Switch it with the original version in your system folder and reboot. Now
Finder has more memory allocated and doesn't run out.
I did this on my Quadra 840av with System 7.5 and (touch wood) I haven't
had a problem, and have not yet had an out of memory message since doing
this change.

Reply  c) Probably because RamDoubler makes applications share what memory
is going around a bit better than the usual system software (which does sfa
after loading each application)

Any help ??

Mark Hattam
mark@dxradio.demon.co.uk