on 1/5/03 4:57 PM, Philip Black at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The "out of memory" error message in 8.6, and prior, rarely is an >> accurate report of what's really happening...I'd say more than >> 500 MB is a complete waste for 99.44% of users >> >>> I have 608 megs in my 9500/G3 (OS 8.6) at the moment, and have run out >>> of memory a few times. This was accomplished by running several 3-D >>> programs at the same time... > > When I say that I have run out of free memory, you can believe me. > > It has become common practice for me to run MacOSPurge after quitting almost > every program to make sure I'm not wasting any memory. Insofar as the > number of open programs and files, I run with a typical system folder, > nothing wild, and perhaps a dozen open apps, give-or-take. > Alsoft has a free app named * list open files* . Open files include many extensions, each font is one open file etc. Just booting Mac OS 8.6 can open well over 150 or more files. Mac OS 8.6 and below had a limit of 250 open files if I recall. So the poster who said many problems attributed to memory could have been to many open files. Opening Explorer opens about a dozen files as does many other apps. So one can easily exceed the limit with just a few apps open. Mac OS 9 and has a much higher limit of open files. I do not know the number but someone will come up with it.
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