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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: UNIX limits (was Re: All about sys 7.0 <long>)
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.222658.3289@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 1 Apr 91 10:26:58 GMT
References: <1991Mar26.153602.276@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar27.194158.3258@waikato.ac.nz> <1991Mar27.144323.21504@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1897@camex.COM>
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In article <1897@camex.COM>, kent@sunfs3.Camex.COM (Kent Borg) mentions
that System 7.0 has a dynamically-allocated array of file control blocks
(FCBs), so that the number of simultaneously-open files is limited only by the
fact that FCB offsets must fit into a 16-bit word.

He says: "If this is true, I like it better than either Unix's or 6.0's
approach."

Not only is it true, Kent, but you can get the *same* functionality
under System 6.0.x today! All you need is a Control Panel module called
"Up Your FCBs", written by Pete Helme at Apple Computer. It's probably
available on the net somewhere.

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