That's not a lot, but it's more than might be desirable if other memory-resident programs are in use.
For that reason, it may fight for the same part of memory with other memory-resident programs, such as Sidekick, and is probably best used alone.
The growth of memory-resident programs over the past couple of years provides a parallel example.
Outside In is a memory-resident program.
Furthermore, Headroom mediates between memory-resident programs that might otherwise fight for the same space.
A nice little niche market has evolved for memory-resident add-on programs designed to solve this problem.
This means a slightly slower operating speed at times, but it does eliminate some problems and uncertainties often associated with multiple memory-resident programs.
It tells you just how a system is set up, tracks down memory-resident programs that may be having territorial disputes and checks hard disks.
OnTime for Windows can run as either a stand-alone or a memory-resident program, one that can be called up at any time.
A memory-resident program remains in the computer's memory until you turn off the power, so you can call it up without closing down your main program.
