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- From: mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney)
- Subject: Re: Comparison of Alpha, MIPS and PA-RISC-II wanted
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- References: <1992Dec21.103432.294@rlgsc.com> <Bzo3tJ.KGo@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Dec22.201616.5907@ais.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 15:35:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.201616.5907@ais.com> bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright) writes:
- >In article <Bzo3tJ.KGo@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) writes:
- >> For stream-lf files, just buffer those blocks, and keep track of where the
- >> lf is. It's not difficult, and you can easily get around the 65534 limit
- >> that RMS places on files. Have fun...
- > ^^^^^^
- >
- >Darrin,
- >
- >Don't you mean `records' where I've underlined the word `files'? This
- >looks like a typo, I'm sure from other things of yours that I've read
- >that you're reasonably familiar with VMS. RMS does unfortunately keep
- >the record length in a 16-bit word, hence the limitation. If memory
- >serves there are also a few places where you may get into trouble if
- >the record length is > 32766 (signed 16-bit integer) :-(.
- >
- >The rest of the article looks to be completely accurate.
-
- Yes, that's a record limit, not a file limit. I've never ran into a problem
- with record lengths between 32767 and 65534, though. 65535 is reserved for
- the EOF, coincidently.
-
- >Bruce C. Wright
-
- Darrin
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