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Classic OS- Dataypes, Libraries and Memory question
« on: February 17, 2016, 09:18:22 PM »
Hello!

Returning now to this fun platform after a 20 year absence!

So- I remember doing this then and find myself doing it now..
I put A LOT of libraries and datatypes in the DEVS and LIBS folder.

My question is this - Are these loaded on boot and taking up system RAM ? or are they only accessed "as needed".

I would think that the 68040.library would be used all the time- but there are some others that i would expect need not run until they are called (like dopus.library). Same things go for datatypes...if I am not opening up an mpeg does having the datatype in the devs folder actually use memory ?

thanks!
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