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#Losing Memory under 1.2

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#128855From: Henry ColonnaJun 9, 1988 9:42 AM
Ben, you keep talking about bugs in RAM: device which has me interested. I've had WEIRD problems with the computer telling me VOLUME RAM: is full when I have a 20K program loaded, nothing in RAM: and attempt to access the ram disk. Made me scratch my head… Also I often have a hard time with running things AFTER doing a picture/ slideshow. OFten I'm told I don't have memory, when I do, etc. What's going on with AmigaDos/memory? To be honest, alot of my experiences have left me less confident with my Amiga than any other computer I've owned. I remember reading some messages awhile back about some program stomping on Kickstart and causing obscure problems until KickStart was loaded. I can't stand all this "wondering" and "anxiety" and "fear" that somethings always going wrong with my computer's memory caused by an errant program. I wish it weren't so easy to mess things up.
#128920From: Gary HinesJun 9, 1988 7:57 PM
I've had error messages like that, also, when I was running a program that ran out of stack (such as a compiler). Of course the system requester didn't tell me the program had run out of stack! Gary
#128928From: Henry ColonnaJun 9, 1988 8:12 PM
Ah, something to request for 1.4, no?
#128928From: Henry ColonnaJun 9, 1988 8:12 PM
Ah, something to request for 1.4, no?
#128920From: Gary HinesJun 9, 1988 7:57 PM
I've had error messages like that, also, when I was running a program that ran out of stack (such as a compiler). Of course the system requester didn't tell me the program had run out of stack! Gary
#128938From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJun 9, 1988 11:49 PM
Henry, The RAM disk grabs chunks of memory and they must be contiguous. So you could concieveably have lots of RAM left, but only be able to put a tiny program into it. That is exactly what I was talking about earlier when I said that leaving a computer on all the time can lead to memory fragmentation problems. Don
#128938From: Don Curtis/SYSOPJun 9, 1988 11:49 PM
Henry, The RAM disk grabs chunks of memory and they must be contiguous. So you could concieveably have lots of RAM left, but only be able to put a tiny program into it. That is exactly what I was talking about earlier when I said that leaving a computer on all the time can lead to memory fragmentation problems. Don