Re: [MacPerl] Maximum number of filenames for a droplet

[online@mactech.com (Jeff at MacTech)]

In article <mac-perl.v04011700b268eab0b303@[192.168.0.1]>, John W Baxter
<jwblist@olympus.net> wrote:

>At 20:46 -0800 11/5/98, Jeff at MacTech wrote:
>>>I'm not sure if the amount of memory allocated to the droplet is the
>>>whole story. I've had the same droplet act differently under different
>>>operating systems. At one point, I was able to drop 118 files with no
>>>problems, but at other times, I can only drop half or a third of them.
>>>Whenever I upgrade my Mac OS or boot from another system the "magic
>>>number" seems to change.
>>
>>A thought: are these PPC machines? If so, the difference could be virtual
>>memory on vs. off. With it on, the code takes up less memory, and hence
>>more is left to be used for data.
>
>The system adjusts the memory allocation settings depending upon the on/off
>state of virtual memory (including RamDoubler).
>
>If this is the difference, it suggests that one is setting the same number
>into the Get Info settings whether VM is on or not.  One should use the
>same delta from the "Suggested Memory" value (which also adjusts with VM).

Right, but I doubt that anyone actually changes their preferred size
setting for all of their apps back and forth every time they switch VM on
or off. I don't know if the system automatically adjusts _this_ setting or
not--it might.
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