Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!apple!dan From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: StartUpScreens Eats Memory!? Message-ID: <9488@apple.Apple.Com> Date: 10 May 88 18:08:32 GMT References: <22188@tis.llnl.gov> Reply-To: dan@apple.UUCP (Dan Allen) Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 8 Most startup screen INITs that I have seen do NOT allocate their memory on the system heap, but rather put the startup PICT in high memory and adjust the low memory global BufPtr accordingly. Apple's RAM caching scheme and MacsBug the Debugger both also use this method. Dan Allen Software Explorer Apple Computer