Re: [ql-users] new hard disk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: didn't it have 1 word, 2 bytes per sector: the file number in one byte ($f8 = sector map, $fd = free, $ff = dead) plus the block number within the file in the othe byte? I can't remember :o( Note tpp, every file fragmented of necessity by the interleave factor That begs the question of what one means by fragmented? I remember this. If I'm not mistaken the default interleave for floppies is three so when one bit of file has been read and processed the next bit *should* be arriving at the heads ready to be read. Now, a fragmented file will not have the 'next chunck' in the correct sectors as defined by the interleave, but will be elsewhere - hence, technically, fragmented. Simon N Goodwin (I thnk) did a fast loader as part of the DIY Toolkit (assuming that it was Simon) which allowed the changing of the interleave to speed up loading on faster systems. (Or something like that - note how accurate I'm being this morning!) would be passing the read head...did it take into account scatter[1] loading? Here we go again, scaning the Organic RAM for info that's not quite there, or may have parity errors, but : LOAD and SAVE load and saves files in order (ie SuperBasic files). SBYTES and LBYTES does the scatter loading. So the interleave is good for LOAD/SAVE but meaningless for SBYTES/LBYTES. (or is it the other way around?) I suspect I have got it right this time as a SuperBasic program being loaded would have each line parsed and tokenised whihc takes a bit of time. Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] new hard disk
At 16:54 01/05/2007, you wrote: Try www.gtopala.com Very useful [and free for private use] :-) Searched in vain for a download. THis is a better link: http://www.shareup.com/SIW-download-23742.html Tony It was a struggle to find the download, and when done just loads of info but no power. Saw REGCURE in same locale, also [and free for private use] , pointed up some 1300 problems, only 4 removed by FREE version. I am always on the lookout for things that will strip out some of the bloat, have used XPLITE, Remove features and end up with more files and less space ! Anybody know something that works PS, Number of directories ! - at the C:\ prompt type:- tree :c:\forest.txt Then load into an editor that shows number of lines, frightening ! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/784 - Release Date: 01/05/2007 14:57 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] new hard disk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Tubbs wrote: At 16:54 01/05/2007, you wrote: Try www.gtopala.com Very useful [and free for private use] :-) Searched in vain for a download. THis is a better link: http://www.shareup.com/SIW-download-23742.html Tony It was a struggle to find the download, and when done just loads of info but no power. Yes - but a great deal of very good info. It is alarming, for instance, to see all ones passwords stored unencoded. Tony - -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGOHa9M3RzOs8+btoRAmwdAJ9igDG4nvIvCcMYF66hEC+3UzChQACdG0P8 xPM8APQdufijDNjXpuc/2mA= =Nh9h -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] new hard disk
At 12:32 02/05/2007, you wrote: Yes - but a great deal of very good info. It is alarming, for instance, to see all ones passwords stored unencoded. More use in cracking open someone else's machine -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/784 - Release Date: 01/05/2007 14:57 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] new hard disk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... LOAD and SAVE load and saves files in order (ie SuperBasic files). SAVE was the equivalent of OPEN#channel,file:LIST#channel:CLOSE#channel? SBYTES and LBYTES does the scatter loading. So the interleave is good for LOAD/SAVE but meaningless for SBYTES/LBYTES. It'd be good for each, but for LOAD, a large interleave to allow for tape stop-start would be good (as the tokenization was [relatively] slow). With LBYTES, scatter loading would use whatever happened to pass the head; interleave would possibly mean that it would be the next logical block. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] new hard disk
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Clip I am always on the lookout for things that will strip out some of the bloat, have used XPLITE, Remove features and end up with more files and less space ! Anybody know something that works I recently got a copy of the free version of Ashampoo WinOptimiser, from a magazine DVD, which has lots of features to tidy up Windows, hard drive including fragmentation. Could that be useful to you too ... ? You have to register, when installed, which just means you then get emails for the next version, etc. All a part of marketing. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
