>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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought with ardor and attended to with diligence." --Abigail Adams Anita Mills [log in to unmask] Public Relations Specialist Office of University Development Duke University 1 (919) 684-2123 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^