One possible problem... OS3.x Palms automatically defrags memory when there
is not a large enough contiguous piece of memory. Older OS 2.x Palms do
not. If your PDB file needs some large pieces of memory that are not
available without defragging the memory, it will not install in OS2.x
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 12:08 PM
Subject: Is the max record size different for pre-PalmIII models?
>I just released my Scrabble-like "Crosswords" game. Some of the
>dictionaries users can download are close to 200K, and all may contain
>records within a few bytes of the 0xFFFF limit.
>
>I'm getting reports from Palm Pro users that they can't install the larger
>dictionary files.
>
>Is there a problem with the 64K records that's specific to older Palms?
>
>Or is it simply the case that the OS sometimes can't allocate enough
>blocks of that size, and that this is more likely on older (and
>perhaps more fragmented, and certainly less memory-rich) devices?
>
>(If I'm right that smaller blocks would be more likely to be allocated
>successfully, does anyone have experience to suggest the right size to
>choose? There's a slight speed hit when the word-search engine has to
>cross more boundaries -- of course.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Eric House
>
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