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Re: Hard Discs & ADFSBuffers

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From: Gavin Flower
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 18:14
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In article <1992Nov2.152327.27296@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
>In article <1992Oct29.015900.28853@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> 2105995@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU writes:
[...]
>>I was under the (misguided perhaps) impression that the ADFSBuffers 
>>prob had been fixed inbetween RO3.0 and RO3.1. Someone wanna correct
>>me? I am getting RO3.1 tomorrow (right, acorn), and want to know what
>>to press in for ADFSBuffers....
>
>That ADFSbuffers problem has been fixed between the two versions of RISC OS 3.
>Unfortunately another one has reared its head in 3.10, but I believe it only
>has an effect on 1Mb machines.

What do you mean *only*, I have a 1Mb A310.  I can maybe afford to
upgrade to Risc-OS 3.1, but not to more memory.  This serious, is it
worth me upgrading at all?

What is the bug, and is there a way round it - without having to
disable the buffers?


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