On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:55:03AM +0200, Guido Gonzato wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Jack Campin wrote: > > > >> Richard's tunebook is the only ABC file I've got on this machine that > > >> requires me to increase BarFly's memory allocation above the default > > >> (and it's very slow to load). > > > This is the old Mac systems issue, is it, of having to specify memory > > > for each program individually ? > > > > It's not a big problem for any modern machine. I think I could > > probably use your file as is even on my usual library-transcribing > > laptop (with all of 12Mb), but I try not to allocate more memory > > to programs than is strictly necessary. > > Richard's collection loads in no noticeable time using JedABC; and I can > jump to whatever tune I want instantly. On a 400Mhz, 64 Mb RAM Celeron :-)
It was A Mac Thing ... it used to be necessary to allocate memory individually to each program on a system, and when my files got above a certain size (now I think about it, it must have been the html-ised indexes, rather than the abc itself ? I can't remember, and it probably doesn't matter) they were exceeding the amount allocated to the browser. -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
