#..runs out of ram
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I have a problem with one of our systems. The computer uses a CSS labs 386
motherboard. Everything runs fine most of the time but with one drawing on
some inserts AutoCAD gives the message "out of ram". The graphics card is a
Number nine PEPPER 1280. We have another system that is similiar, but has a
Vectrix PEPE. It does not experience this problem. Both systems have 2 meg+
of memory. Any suggestions on how to sleuth out the problem would be
appreciated. We have 8 AutoCAD stations. Thanks for the help! Dennis
Dennis,
Try putting
SET ACADFREERAM=63
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Be sure there are no spaces around the '='.
Phil Kreiker
Looking Glass Microproducts
Phil —
63? Really? I'm interested, how did you come up with that
particular number?
— Brad
..
lets see ……. if that's modulo 24, then 63-24=39-24=15…… 15
is kinda low, eh?
…
but seriously – isn't 24K the max? -d
.
Don —
Between 20000 and 24000, as I understand it, with the minimum
setting being 5000. The default is 14k. I don't know how Phil arrived at
the "63" figure. Perhaps it was a typo?
— Brad
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Once upon a time, John Sergneri informed me that if the number provided in
SET ACADFREERAM=<number> is less than 64, the number is taken to be
Kilobytes; if >= 64, the number is taken to be in bytes. Furthermore, I was
lead to believe that if too large a number is used for ACADFREERAM, ACAD will
simply grab all it can. So…..
SET ACADFREERAM=63 means grab all you can.
Phil Kreiker, Looking Glass Microproducts.
That is the first I have heard of the 64 "threshold". The truth of the matter
is that if you ask for a "too much" ACADFREERAM you will indeed get the most
possible, but I could not find any information that says 64 is the switching
point.
Jamie