mss+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Steven Sherman) (05/27/88)
I just received an amusing ad from Triton. They tell me that my Macintosh needs
at least 256K of memory to run the programs they sell. Did I miss a model
somewhere between classic mac and fat mac?
-Markchow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) (05/28/88)
In article <EWbLbFy00VsAM29UFV@andrew.cmu.edu> mss+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Steven Sherman) writes: >I just received an amusing ad from Triton. They tell me that my Macintosh needs >at least 256K of memory to run the programs they sell. Did I miss a model >somewhere between classic mac and fat mac? > -Mark Actually, this is probably the proper thing to do. I hate it when software houses just say so and so needs 1Mb Mac. In this era of Multifinder, I'd really like to know what the memory requirements of a program is before I buy it. Currently, anything that needs more than what a 512k Mac an give is labeled as "Needing 1Mb Mac". This is nonsense if the program only needs 700K to be happy. Already several Macintosh II specific program are currently billed as will run in 1M, but will be more happy with 5M. Somehow, I have a feeling that they don't ever need all 5M. Although I don't have a Pixel Paint manual in front of me, I seem to recall that they made the claim that you wouldn't be able to fully use the program unless you have 5M. But, notice that the once you have allocated something like 2050k to PixelPaint you can already work with the full size canvas. In this case I think it would make more sense to say something like 1000K min memory size, 2050k ideal size. Christopher Chow /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Internet: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (128.84.248.35 or 128.84.253.35) | | Usenet: ...{uw-beaver|ihnp4|decvax|vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!chow | | Bitnet: chow@crnlthry.bitnet | | Phone: 1-607-253-6699 Address: 7122 N. Campus 7, Ithaca, NY 14853 | | Delphi: chow2 PAN: chow | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
benjamin_kuo@pedro.UUCP (Benjamin Kuo) (06/01/88)
I saw that ad: 256K required. Well, I could get that doing odd things to the RAM... I don't think they know ANYTHING about Mac memory.
sidhe@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Solas Sidhe--ye faerie fyre) (06/06/88)
256K required? Why is that a problem? HyperCard takes up 700K to itself(which is why you should NEVER run it under MultiFinder if you only have one meg of memory...). It means you can't run it on anything with less memory than a Plus. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Lee M. Thompson >> >> (` sidhe@ucscb.UCSC.EDU >> >> (_)olas (` >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> (_)idhe "Verily, I shall stomp their pointy>> >> little heads into pie plates." >> >>DISCLAIMER: [SARCASM ALERT!] You're just being oversensitive >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>