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From: dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com (David E. Wexelblat)
Subject: Re: [available] sound applications: xboing, tracker and NetBSD-0.8.sound
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 18:48:13 GMT
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In article <1993Sep27.222440.29893@ieunet.ie> jkh@whisker.lotus.ie writes:
>      Amancio Hasty Jr wrote in article <hastyCDzwJp.9D5@netcom.com> :
> >If you are running XFree86 you may run into a memory leak which I fix
> >in the mit code for XS3. Also, I doubt that Xboing will be much fun without
> >a graphics co-processor.
> 
> I know that, also - don't be so hasty (erm, no pun intended :) in assuming
> that I'm running XFree86 1.3.  1.9E works great with my S3 card,
> and with no "memory leaks" that I've been able to see.

Don't YOU be so 'hasty'.  Credit where credit is due.  If you look in
the CHANGELOG file in your beta sources, you will see:

151. Fix for memory leak in mi backing store (Amancio Hasty)

He found it, he fixed it, he told us.

> 
> 				JOrdan
> >


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