Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!sri-spam!rutgers!mit-eddie!gary 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 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jul-87 06:19:15 EDT References: <3121@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: gary@eddie.MIT.EDU (Gary Samad) Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA Lines: 21 In article <3121@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> walton@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Walton) writes: } }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