[comp.sys.amiga] Emergency memory

a46@mindlink.UUCP (Robin Ritchey) (03/25/89)

Question:

        Does the Exec (or what ever you call the memory management area)
keep memory aside for emergency use?

Reason:

        What prompted this question is the fact I was using a program, and
I did know I was starting to run short on memory, but I kept using the
program, pushing it to it's limits. The program froze the machine. The only
way out is to reboot, which I did. And then I got guru # 82011234.00FC082C.
The utility that I have says this means:

FF:.2>guru 82011234.00FC082C

Graphics: emergency memory not available.

        This is not a very important question to me, but I would still like
to know what this is all about. Learning about my mistress... Ami.

Robin Ritchey - a46@mindlink.UUCP

andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (03/30/89)

In article <142@mindlink.UUCP> a46@mindlink.UUCP (Robin Ritchey) writes:
>Question:
>
>        Does the Exec (or what ever you call the memory management area)
>keep memory aside for emergency use?
>

No.  However, the graphic library does keep a ripcord on some memory.
Like most ripcords, it can only be pulled once without repacking
the chute :-)
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andy finkel		{uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy
Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

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