diff -Naur muse-0.6.2-orig/memory.cpp muse-0.6.2/memory.cpp
--- muse-0.6.2-orig/memory.cpp	2003-10-29 10:04:59.000000000 +0000
+++ muse-0.6.2/memory.cpp	2004-06-29 18:52:16.634314333 +0000
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 void Pool::grow(int idx)
       {
-      int esize = (idx+1) * sizeof(int);
+      int esize = (idx+1) * sizeof(void*); //just guessing here
 
       Chunk* n    = new Chunk;
       n->next     = chunks[idx];
diff -Naur muse-0.6.2-orig/memory.h muse-0.6.2/memory.h
--- muse-0.6.2-orig/memory.h	2004-06-29 18:54:53.416816939 +0000
+++ muse-0.6.2/memory.h	2004-06-29 18:53:55.567225085 +0000
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
             Verweis* next;
             };
       struct Chunk {
-            enum { size = 4 * 1024 };
+            enum { size = sizeof(void*) * 1024 };
             Chunk* next;
             char mem[size];
             };
-      enum { dimension = 8 };
+      enum { dimension = 4*sizeof(void*) }; //maybe 2*sizeof(void*) was meant .. nobody knows
       Chunk* chunks[dimension];
       Verweis* head[dimension];
       Pool(Pool&);
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
 
 inline void* Pool::alloc(size_t n)
       {
-      int idx = ((n + sizeof(int) - 1) / sizeof(int)) - 1;
+      int idx = ((n + sizeof(void*) - 1) / sizeof(void*)) - 1; // what does that formular mean?
       if (idx >= dimension) {
-            printf("panic: alloc %lu\n", n);
-            exit(-1);
+		  printf("Using std-allocator %lu characters requested",n);
+		  return ::operator new(n);
             }
       if (head[idx] == 0)
             grow(idx);
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
 
 inline void Pool::free(void* b, size_t n)
       {
-      int idx = ((n + sizeof(int) - 1) / sizeof(int)) - 1;
+      int idx = ((n + sizeof(void*) - 1) / sizeof(void*)) - 1;
       if (idx >= dimension) {
-            printf("panic: alloc %lu\n", n);
-            exit(-1);
+		  printf("Using std-deallocator %lu characters to be freed",n);
+		  return ::operator delete(b);
             }
       Verweis* p = static_cast<Verweis*>(b);
       p->next = head[idx];