EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I've been getting a lot of freezing and crashing lately (OS9.2) and this
explanation is fascinating.  I tried your suggestion and, so far, no
crashes.

Re:  Calculator blocking LOGIC from accessing further RAM.

I'm not sure I'm understanding your explanation correctly.  Do you mean that
if you load a "RAM hog" application like Logic or Photoshop, then open a
"low RAM" application, the larger application can't expand RAM further?

Dan 

   


maybe it's only using the 640MB because that's all you have loaded.
> 
> Another DUMB thing about "Mac OS Old" (versus Mac OS X) is that applications
> can ONLY access your RAM CONTIGUOUSLY! So, if you load in Logic first and,
> although it is set beyond 500MB in its preferred memory, it may only be
> taking say 100MB and then you simply load in the Calculator, the Calculator
> will BLOCK LOGIC from accessing further RAM. OS 9 deals with RAM in SOLID
> chunks per app. Mac OS old cannot "jump" across the RAM used by the
> Calculator to grant Logic access to more RAM BEYOND the Calculator. As a
> matter of fact, when you boot Mac OS Old, it ALL gets loaded at ONE END of
> the RAM. The apps start loading at THE OTHER END, one atop another.
> 
> So, always load your memory stable apps first (calculator, email app,
> instant messenger etc.) and RAM hogs LAST (like Logic and Photoshop and web
> browsers).
> 
> 
> MacDuff