[comp.sys.mac] Memory that's allocated for the System

tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) (05/12/88)

When normally booting up, NOT running under Multifinder,
the System typically uses approx. 120K or so.  I finally
determined, the when I replaced the old black and white -
normal startup screen with a color one (color PICT) that
the memory allocated for the system rose to 400K !!! -
but was only really using a small portion of it.  Before
it was really using all of its allocated (120K) space.

What's going on here?  The startup screen is no longer
needed after it is displayed, so what's it affecting?

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