Stupid Question on Disk Space

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From: Rajiv Arora
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1986 15:44

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Hi,

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't quite understand why initialized
single sided disks, using the MacPlus with System 3.2 and Finder 5.3,
show "4K in disk    387K free". As I remember, it used to be "0K in
disk    399K free". I thought the single sided initialization created
an MFS volume as before. Why, then, the missing 9K?

While I'm at it, here's another question for the cognoscenti:
Why does Switcher 5.0 run out of memory when I try to open more than
one application? This happens on the upgraded 512K Macs (you know, the
in-between Mac). Before the upgrade, I could easily open say, MacDraw,
Word and Finder. Anyone have the answer?

Thanks in advance.

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