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Article #28071Re: FullWrite on shelves
From: David M. O'Rourke
Date: Fri, 13 May 1988 16:11
Date: Fri, 13 May 1988 16:11
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In article <12788@santra.UUCP> jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki) writes: >I did some digging with TMON (and removed the demo text from my demo version) >and found out that FullWrite uses packed code resources. It checks if the code >is packed and unpacks every time it loads from disk. Unfortunately it has a lot >of code resources to unpack when it starts up, so it is very slow. Fortunately >it does check first if the code is packed (I bet they use an unpacked version >of FullWrite at Ann Arbor and Aston Tate). I wrote a small FKEY that saves a >code resource once that it has been unpacked. It worked fine, but I haven't had >time to do any serious experimenting. Of course an unpacked version of FullWrite >no longer fits on a disk, but then again...who cares. Packed CODE????? How did they do this, and how do I undo it, FullWrite,, takes too long to load. Perhaps that nice person from the DBase Mac team who I've seen on the board could tell us net.people how to make our copies of FWP even better by explaining how we could unpack the code. David M. O'Rourke +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | dorourke@polyslo | Disclaimer: All opinions in this message are mine, but | | | if you like them they can be yours too. | | | Besides I'm just a student so what do I | | | know! | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | When you have to place a disclaimer in your mail you know it's a sign | | that there are TOO many Lawyer's. | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!emcard!fedeva!csun!polyslo!dorourke From: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: FullWrite on shelves Keywords: fullwrite nonvapor Message-ID: <2558@polyslo.UUCP> Date: 13 May 88 16:11:56 GMT References: <158@amcad.UUCP> <52428@sun.uucp> <12788@santra.UUCP> Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 26