#IBM & Apple Bed Partners
24-Jul-91 22:13:01
Sb: #29800-#IBM & Apple Bed Partners
Fm: Gary Brusanowski 70304,2516
To: Michael Gerard 75505,1757
Michael:
I've done tests (since I'm as confused about this mem allocation stuff as
the next guy) and as far as I've been able to ascertain, my programs, when
using MEMF_PUBLIC, suck out FAST ram first, and if they need more, it goes
after the CHIP ram. This seems to be an automatic thing that the OS takes
care of. I mean, if my software needs your CHIP ram (because there's no
FAST left), its going to try to get it, whether I implicitly ask for it or
if the OS gets it. And why fill up my software with decision-making code
when the OS seems to have the same code built in to it? BTW, I'm no
techtoid: all I know is what happens when my software runs using
MEMF_PUBLIC.
Gary
– Mirror Image Prod. (416) 495-7469, via WHAP!