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From: root@ccave.UUCP (Juergen Hermann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Reading the Keyboard
Summary: Please think of the people with 1.2 ROMs
Keywords: VersionNumbers ACTION_TRUNCATE
Message-ID: <83@ccave.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 89 05:40:58 GMT
References: <4734@nigel.udel.EDU> <801@jc3b21.UUCP>
Reply-To: root@ccave.UUCP (Juergen Hermann)
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>finished writing some routines to do just that, so here's the code.  It's a
>bit long for this newsgroup.  I hope that doesn't inconvenience anyone.

Well, I always wanted such code, but hadn't the time to write it myself
(thanx, BTW). It worked fine, except the fact that I had to change
VERSION from 34L to 33L. If it was binary only, that would've been a
MAJOR inconvenience (since the program would simply refuse to run).

So, PLEASE, all programmers out there, don't rely on 1.3 ROMs being
installed if it's not necessary. Nowadays it's not necessary at all
(there are no drastic changes to the library interfaces/no new functions),
maybe when 1.4 is out and you want to use all those neat features we are
waiting for.

While we're at 1.4, can I get a confirmation (not 100%, but maybe 70% :-)
from anyone of "The crew that never rests" that ACTION_TRUNCATE will work
with 1.4. Currently, it impossible to write a fast & efficient
reorganisation for a database since you have to copy the whole database
file to get unused space back. Hmm, maybe CrossDos supports it
already??!


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