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From: GFX@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Not Enough Memory to Sort???
Message-ID: <62912GFX@PSUVM>
Date: 28 Nov 88 04:31:22 GMT
Organization: Penn State University - Center for Academic Computing
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I archive papers abstracts with Hypercard 1.0 on a Mac SE with 1 Meg.
The stack contains 1211 cards and takes approximately 1.6Meg of disk
space.  It sorted without problem at 1210 cards, but prompted me with
"Not enough ..." at 1211 cards.  I issued the same command again, and
this time it sorted successfully.  Can someone tell me how does Hypercard
uses memory to do sorts?  Am I about to be unable to sort anymore if the
stacks grows bigger (as it will for sure), or will I have to reissue the
command a couple of times?  Has the problem been solved in later releases?

Stephane