Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!ericmcg
From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: CDEVS folder - limit on files?
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Date: 14 May 91 23:00:05 GMT
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>Well, it ain't a feature...I haven't verified the behavior yet, but I'll give
>it a look & make sure the next version is Happy when you have tons of
>CDevs.
>--
>David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc.      |   DAL Systems

Isn't there a 64k limit on DAs? Perhaps the buffer that ho;ds the overhead for
the CDEVs in the Control Panel DA is filled at 36 folders. It doesn't check to
see that the files in the CDEV subdirectory are not true CDEVs and allocates
space for them but treats them as inactive. Likely this is a symptom of a bug
work around implemented early in the development cycle.
Mousewrite has a similar problem with directories holding more than 50 files,
each file eats x number of bytes and 50 files fill the directory buffer. Any
files not listed (they are chosen in P8 directory order) can still be loaded
by specifying the full filename. Not directly applicable, but might provide a
hint to the problem?

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