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#Fast_File_System
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Bill,
WP is made to be flexible, as you mentioned, most of the stuff you want
to do could be done with macros.
I don't think it's a good idea to have directories with more than 20-30 files,
makes things hard to find. That's just my personal opinion.
We are looking at improving the file requestor, but don't count on it in the
near future.
//
\X/ Lynn
Lynn: the "addressing" restriction has to do with the fact that the A1000 amiga
box was defined to use only the lower half of the memory space, mostly. That
caused some people (Obviously trained at Intel and in the employ of IBM) to use
the upper bits of the address register for flag bits. <Gack>. When CSA's (for
instance) '020 box was added, with it's 32 bit pc and it's 32 bit ram in a
"new" location that used those bits showed up, said programs took a defacation.
There is a warning against it in some of the 1.2 dox, and that's what he was
refferring to. OR should be. –Ben–
Lynn: the "addressing" restriction has to do with the fact that the A1000 amiga
box was defined to use only the lower half of the memory space, mostly. That
caused some people (Obviously trained at Intel and in the employ of IBM) to use
the upper bits of the address register for flag bits. <Gack>. When CSA's (for
instance) '020 box was added, with it's 32 bit pc and it's 32 bit ram in a
"new" location that used those bits showed up, said programs took a defacation.
There is a warning against it in some of the 1.2 dox, and that's what he was
refferring to. OR should be. –Ben–
"…[not] a good idea to have directories with more than 20-30 files…"?
Shouldn't that be left up to the individual and not a software product? Please
see RJ Mical's file requester in DL 10 — it's an excellent implementation.
"…[not] a good idea to have directories with more than 20-30 files…"?
Shouldn't that be left up to the individual and not a software product? Please
see RJ Mical's file requester in DL 10 — it's an excellent implementation.
Lynn-If you get the chance, look at the current issue of the AMIGAN. They have
some nice things to say about your file requestors. NEARLY perfect, they say.
And they wonder why other programmers insist on reading in directories before
being asked. It is a good publication and they promise a review of WP for next
issue.
As an English teacher, I especially applaud them for crusading for manual
writers to take the time to learn the difference between "it's" and
"its"–something all too many technically oriented people don't bother about.
// Jim
Jim, just want to echo your applause for the Amigan, the least pretentious and
least known of the Amiga-specific publications, and the only one I always read
cover to cover. Dick Barnes (the editor) writes the most thorough articles and
reviews I've seen for our computer, and he neither pulls punches nor reserves
praise. If I was selling software in the Amiga marketplace, I'd take Barnes'
review of it very seriously indeed. Anyone out there who hasn't seen his
magazine (which looks like a well-made newsletter but far outclasses that term)
should try to get a look at it. (BTW, its full name is "The Amigan Apprentice
and Journeyman", for those who didn't catch that in Jim's previous message.)
Nick
Could you please post info on how to subscribe to the Amigan?
Rodney Somerstein 73167,2165
The Amigans
P.O. Box 411, Hatteras, N.C. 27943
Membership (they call it that rather than a subscription) is $24 US per year in
the US and Canada, $34 US elsewhere. The membership form in the AA&J asks for
the number of drives and the type of printer you use, besides your name and
address. There is also a space to fill in which issue you want to start with…
I don't have the latest one here, but I believe they're up to something like
vol 2, iss 2 (6 issues / volume = 1 year).
Nick
The Amigans
P.O. Box 411, Hatteras, N.C. 27943
Membership (they call it that rather than a subscription) is $24 US per year in
the US and Canada, $34 US elsewhere. The membership form in the AA&J asks for
the number of drives and the type of printer you use, besides your name and
address. There is also a space to fill in which issue you want to start with…
I don't have the latest one here, but I believe they're up to something like
vol 2, iss 2 (6 issues / volume = 1 year).
Nick
Could you please post info on how to subscribe to the Amigan?
Rodney Somerstein 73167,2165
Jim, just want to echo your applause for the Amigan, the least pretentious and
least known of the Amiga-specific publications, and the only one I always read
cover to cover. Dick Barnes (the editor) writes the most thorough articles and
reviews I've seen for our computer, and he neither pulls punches nor reserves
praise. If I was selling software in the Amiga marketplace, I'd take Barnes'
review of it very seriously indeed. Anyone out there who hasn't seen his
magazine (which looks like a well-made newsletter but far outclasses that term)
should try to get a look at it. (BTW, its full name is "The Amigan Apprentice
and Journeyman", for those who didn't catch that in Jim's previous message.)
Nick
Lynn-If you get the chance, look at the current issue of the AMIGAN. They have
some nice things to say about your file requestors. NEARLY perfect, they say.
And they wonder why other programmers insist on reading in directories before
being asked. It is a good publication and they promise a review of WP for next
issue.
As an English teacher, I especially applaud them for crusading for manual
writers to take the time to learn the difference between "it's" and
"its"–something all too many technically oriented people don't bother about.
// Jim