>At 11:33 AM 3/19/96, William H. Stirrat wrote:
>>
>>Fellow Mac Users:
>>
>>I've checked the Netscape handbook, changed Netscape's Disk Cache size to
>>4Megs but still get the same message "Netscape has run out of memory.
>>Please increase my memory partition..." when I download anything much
>>bigger than 50k.  Anybody know what's going on and how I can fix it?  This
>>is getting really annoying.  I've got plenty of memory (12 megs RAM) and
>>even when no other applications are open I have this problem.  Is there a
>>way to change Netscape's Memory Cache on the Mac?  Could that be the
>>problem?
>>

Then John Chadwick wrote:
>Bill,
>
>I used to get those same errors. The fact is, Netscape is a memory hog. Go
>into the info box for Netscape and crank up the memory allocated next to
>the Preferred Size box. I have mine set at 7000K and that seems to work
>well. Of course, you really can't run anything else other than finder and
>Netscape at the same time with only 12 megs of RAM on the machine.
>

Also, don't forget your option, if it's a later model Mac, to run in a
"virtual memory" mode, where RAM is borrowed from unused hard
drive memory as needed!

Anita Mills

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