HIT: Type 3 errors

[Madeline Buchanan <mlbuchan@SCOTT.NET>]

I have had several messages asking about error codes.  Apple has a
troubleshooting site at http://www.apple.com that gives explanations of
several types of errors.

Type 1 or Type 11 errors mean that the computer ran out of memory or the
program itself needs more memory.  Many applications install with only the
minimum memory automatically set and this is usually not enough.  To
allocate more memory to an application, go into the Get Info window under
the File menu and incrase the amount of memory to the recommended amount,
not the minimum amount.  Also those programs accelerated for Power
Macintoshes use less memory if the machine is set to use virtual memory.
However, some applications will not run under virtual memory so in that
case the more RAM the better.

A Type 3 error is an illegal instruction. According to the list of error
codes I have for Apple error codes it means "the computer has a specific
vocabulary of machine language instructions it can understand. If a
computer tries to execute an instruction that isn't in its vocabulary,
you see this error code.  I have also seen dialog boxes that indicate
illegal instruction -- this can happen when using Netscape and you try to
open a new site while the original one is still trying to load.

I have found that adding RAM or increasing virtual memory really cuts down
on the above types of errors.

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