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- From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Make directory longer?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.064112.2461@netcom.com>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 06:41:12 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.174154.992@gdwest.gd.com>
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- stlucas@gdwest.gd.com (Joseph St. Lucas) writes:
-
- >1.) store recipes in a humongous sequential file. Access would be slow
- >and messy.
-
- Accessing files on a disk with 300 directory entires would be just as
- slow.
-
- >2.) store recipes using one or two files per recipe. The 2/file stores
- >ingredients in one file, instructions in another.
-
- This is probably the best idea as far as speed tradeoff, and it doesn't
- require modifying DOS. :)
-
- You might also consider doing track/sector allocations yourself, using
- Block-Allocate commands. Sure it's not a lot of fun, but CBM DOS is
- never fun. :)
-
- And don't forget good old relative files, which are compatible across
- multiple versions of DOS (1541/71/81/1001/8250/etc.)
-
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