memory-gobbling on Virtual Acorn

In article <3f4747b255.jim@abbeypress.net>,
Jim Nagel <netsurf@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm using Virtual RiscPC on my ol' Windows XP laptop while away from
> base. Various wrinkles of this setup are still unfamiliar to me.

> One is that Netsurf (recent, #3538) too quickly eats up all the free
> memory.

> What can I do to avoid this? I guess I either need to fix Netsurf or
> need to find a way to make Windows give more memory to VRPC. Haven't
> yet found a way to do either; advice welcome, please.

Inside the Models directory. open the "RISC OS Nnn(JIT)"
directory.(Which-ever one you are using). (VRPC-DL only has one, older
paid for versions of VRPC have three).

Open the Model.cfg file in a text editor.

Look for the [Ram] entry and change accordingly.

Word of caution... 256Mb is the biggest to use for a stable RISC OS.
You can try a max of 512Mb but as some of us have found (Known problems)
it can lead to a very wobbly RISC OS.

Dave

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Dave Triffid