[WinMac] Re: iMac with Softwindows problem

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:45:51 -0400

        MacOS 8.6 requires some apps to use more RAM due to it's VM microkernel
architecture. Try turning OFF virtual memory; and also increasing the
memory allocation in the Get Info box -> Memory popup. Also, please set the
minimum and preferred memory size the same, at least 1 MB more than the
suggested size; preferably many megabytes more.

[note from the moderator: MacOS 8.6 has a new *nanokernel*, but this
should not influence the RAM used by apps unless they make calls to
the multiprocessing API].

At 09:14 AM 7/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>I have a lovely Blueberry 333 iMac and with its 160mb of RAM really motors.
>
>Any way, installed Softwindows 4 when it had 8.5 and all was OK, I have now
>updated to 8.6 and Softwindows will not run, just bet that Windows 95 bit
>that appears just after what I presume is a bit of DOS, the blue shading
>moves across the bottom of its virtual screen, but no windows desktop.
>
>Does anybody have any ideas how to sort this out, I don't really want to
>spend money updating to SoftWindows 98, or moving back to 8.5.
>
>Any suggestions most welcome.

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