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To: Return to Sender who wrote (24306)	11/7/1999 12:48:00 PM
From: Jim Baker	Respond to of 108040

Return to Sender, and Robert - Thanks for your comments on Fidelity. I just got a brochure from Fidelity "Powerstreet - online trading @Fidelity.com". Not much detail in the brochure, but they seem to imply that you can keep a window open all the time, and in a picture of a sample window, there is a green button labeled "NASDAQ Level 2". Any experience with Fidelity's Powerstreet, anyone? Jim

To: Return to Sender who wrote (24306)	11/7/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: WhatsUpWithThat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108040

It is important to remember to regularly clear your cache in order to keep your short term memory from overloading. Actually, though there can be good reasons to clear your cache, it doesn't affect memory, which is distinct from the disk cache. You may find clearing the disk cache (ie. a set of files stored on your computer representing the pages you've visited recently, which is checked when you go to a site; if the page is in your cache and hasn't changed since your last visit it will load from there rather than downloading again, much faster for you and more efficient in terms of network bandwidth) is effective when you get wierd problems; it is one of the first things to try, because sometimes you have a corrupted page in cache or some such event. If you run short of memory, it is either straightforward lack of real RAM (how much do you have?), shortage of disk space (Win 95 uses a dynamically allocated amount of your disk for temporary storage of stuff it needs in RAM but doesn't have space for, called swap space) - and if you don't have much disk space, do set IE or Navigator to keep your browser disk cache to a small size - , or what is called a 'memory leak': programming problems/bugs that allow programmes to write to pieces of memory they shouldn't, or not properly free up memory when it's not needed. This last has been a real problem with Java, which is what many of the ticker/chart programmes use, so it's important to keep your browser and Java engine (part of the browser download/install but can sometimes get an update posted separately) and the actual application you're using (ticker/chart/whatever) at the latest revision. WUWT