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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Facc mini-review
Message-ID: <340@esunix.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Jun-87 16:05:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: esunix.340
Posted: Sat Jun  6 16:05:09 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 8-Jun-87 03:55:27 EDT
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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in article <3223@well.UUCP>, perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) says:
> 
> First  I  would  like  to  thank  Steve Walton and  Blaine  Gardner  for their
> contributions to (my) understanding of Facc  and  what features are considered
> important for adding to Facc.
> 
A few more suggestions Perry?

1) I don't care how you do it, but please find a way to give priority to
   directory information. Facc is great, but doing a large amount of I/O
   (copying large files for example) will flush the directories from the
   buffers. Having the directories in ram makes the greatest subjective
   speed improvement.

2) Change the "Expand" legend on the shrunken window to a display of
   free ram. Once you've used Facc for a day, you know that clicking on
   tiny window will expand it. And having the free ram display would be
   very useful.

3) "Beware of creeping featurism" as someone said, but I wish Facc would
   make the distinction between Fast and Chip ram in the free ram
   display. I've caused myself some trouble trying to balance a large 
   number of buffers against a 1.5 meg vd0: (2.5 meg of ram), and
   forgetting that Chip ram was included in the total.

4) Provide a way to take bigger steps when changing the number of
   buffers. Right now it takes a while to move from 256 to 512 buffers.
   Perhaps a double-button click to step 100 buffers at a time.

Overall Facc is a great addition to my Amiga, and with the free upgrade
policy, I have to recommend it to everyone.
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland
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