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From: gary@mit-eddie.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Memory loss problem
Message-ID: <6254@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 14:05:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: eddie.6254
Posted: Tue Jul  7 14:05:08 1987
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References: <3121@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: gary@eddie.MIT.EDU (Gary Samad)
Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
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In article <3121@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> walton@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Walton) writes:
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}My Amiga (stock 1000, external drive, 512K Alegra) has suddenly developed
}a very weird problem. After certain programs are run, the free memory
}(as returned by AvailMem) has dropped by some large amount.

This can be caused by a program loading system libraries that it needs.
The Amiga OS actually keeps these libraries around in memory until this
memory is needed for some reason.  This helps cut down on the reloading
of libraries that are often needed.

To determine if this is your "memory loss" problem, do your memory check
only after the SECOND invocation of a program (the libraries will already
have been loaded).

} Eventually, the free list gets so corrupted that the machine locks up.

Well, that is something else and may be the result of running a buggy
program.

	Gary