Re: [ql-users] efficient buffer size

2003-06-22 Thread Lau
ZN wrote: On 6/21/2003 at 11:35 PM Lau wrote: Back to my earlier mention of caching... hard drives and their controllers do caching as well. I'm not certain if they do read-ahead caching. In short, yes. Ta. I'll add a little proviso. The hardware can't know what the next logical

[ql-users] To anyone present at the US Show 2003

2003-06-22 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Hi all, I am looking for Dieter's email address to send him something that I promised him while at the US QL Show 2003. I don't believe that he's reading the list but I would appreciate a personal email from someone that has his address... Thanks, Phoebus -- Phoebus Dokos - Undergrad in MIS

[ql-users] Back.

2003-06-22 Thread Phoebus Dokos
Hi all, Now that I am back home I realise that I did not bring the two email addresses that I requested (Herb Schaaf's and Mel LaVerne's) back from Greece (duh!). If anyone would be so kind to resend them again? :-) Also, anyone knows the details of an A3000 (Archie) keyboard membrane before I

Re: [ql-users] efficient buffer size

2003-06-22 Thread Robert Newson
P Witte wrote: ... That was the significance of 2^n size no. s remarks --- - - --- --- x: xxx xxx xx Primer run ;) A first time run to ensure that any caching that would be done by the first run was done before the first run so that

Re: [ql-users] efficient buffer size

2003-06-22 Thread Marcel Kilgus
P Witte wrote: Your explanation made reminded me that a considerable amount of buffering is already going on (the hard disk, Windoze, and Smsq). iof.load is possibly not much more efficient under those circumstances than iob.fmul. Yes, it's not that much of a difference anymore. In the past

Re: [ql-users] efficient buffer size

2003-06-22 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 at 00:43:09, Lau wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) My suggestion of one byte buffers was a little facetious (one of the two words was the five vowels in order - there's one with them reversed). 'was' - 'with' Ah that is worth remembering as it help spell the damn word (8-) I