on 12/05/2002 2:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an S900 with a Newertech G3 Processor & 532 MB RAM. 3 Hardrives - a > 2 GIG, and two 9 Gigs- each partitioned into 4.5 Gig. I've been running > like this for two years of with no real problems. > > However, I've just started having problems when trying to launch > QuarkXpress 4.11. Frequently, I get an error message "out of memory". That > is baloney, as they say, because I have allocated more than 27000 KB to > that program. The odd thing is the program will run just fine for a month > of so and then start these weird memory things again (it has done this > before and stopped with no explanation), or it will just freeze up upon > launch. I usually run Norton Disk Doctor from System works 1.0 and that > seems to cure little problems that are found. I usually run it three times > in a row even when it says things are OK. It never finds anything major > wrong, and it doesn't cure the problem with Quark. I don't know why the > machine did this same thing about two months ago, and then just starting > working fine again - usually the next day after I've given up and gone > home. I'm stuck on this one. > > Today for the first time I started getting error messages saying "this file > cannot be opened by the version of Quark you are using". The dumb thing is > I was the creator of the file - using the same Quark 4.11 version - that I > still use. I'm beginning to wonder of I have a "memory leak" as was talked > about a while back with OS 8.6. The weirdest thing is all other programs > run fine, except VPC occasionally just quits - with now explanation. But > that is tolerable, believe it or not. It just re-launches without a > problem, WIN98 does its Scan Disk thing and it is just fine again. > > My final question is - should I upgrade to OS 9.1? My hesitation to do so > is caused by the fact that I am soooooo networked into our corporate > Mainframe, file servers, and Lotus NOTES servers etc. that I would be in a > total freefall if I could not connect to all that "windows" stuff. I'm the > only MAC guy in a Huge PC corporate world of 45,000 + people. (I know - its > sounds like a miracle that I even have a MAC - right?). Well as long as > I'm up and running nobody cares, including IT. I also use DAVE and VPC > 4. I am due to get a new G4 after January 1st, but the date is not firm. > I need to "operate" now. Any thoughts - about the upgrading or otherwise? > Thanks for your input. > > PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. > It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting > business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify > the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from > your system. Thank you for your cooperation. > > > Allocation to Q-EXPRESS
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