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
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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