• tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    In Mac OS System 7, error type 41, also known as a “MemFullErr,” indicated that there was not enough memory to complete an operation. This error could occur when the system or an application attempted to use more memory than was available, leading to a situation where the operation could not proceed due to insufficient memory resources. This type of error was more common in older operating systems like System 7, where memory management was more manual and systems had significantly less RAM than modern computers.

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      10 months ago

      One thing I absolutely do not miss about System 7 was having to manually tweak how much RAM was allocated to each application.

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        10 months ago

        Technically, that was all the way up to 9, if you can believe it. “Classic” never had dynamic memory allocation. It was also cooperative multitasking, which is why if an app locked up, the entire system would often require a reboot.

        The good ole days.

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    10 months ago

    When I was in school, my school board had a contract with Apple so almost every computer I used from kindergarten until damn near the end of high school was an apple II or some flavour of Mac. Needless to say, this error is a core memory for me.