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From: hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Jeff A. Hallett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: The FullWrite 1 Meg controversy
Keywords: FullWrite
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Date: 26 May 88 12:32:15 GMT
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In article <2120@ur-tut.UUCP> akk2@ur-tut (Atul Kacker) writes:
>
>However, the 1 Meg controversy has still to be resolved.  Perhaps someone who 
>has a 1Meg Mac AND has the shrink-wrap version of FullWrite can give a
>definitive answer.  
>
>So far as I understand, you can run FullWrite on a 1 Meg machine, however it
>can be slow.  How slow?

Well, I meet these criteria.  FullWrite Professional version 1.0 runs
on a 1M Macintosh Plus.  It displays some speed degradation, but
nothing really severe -- a minor annoyance at best.  The power of the
environment more than outweighs it.  I have not had it crash yet.

>
>What is the size of the largest document you can create on a 1 Meg Mac, that
>has only text, before FullWrite complains about not having enough memry to
>work with?  How about a document that has a half page graphic on each page?
>What is the largest document size in that case?
>
>What happens if someone creates a humongous document on a 5Meg machine and
>hands it to someone who only has a 1Meg machine?  Will FullWrite be able to 
>open that document?  If not does it give the user an option to use only a
>portion of the document at a time?

Well, now here is a point.  FullWrite has an option that notifies a
user if the current document chapter will grow beyond 1M.  Sometimes
pictures are sufficient to do this, or if a chapter is close to the
limit, there won't be enough memory for the drawing window.  However,
it avoids a crash and provides a mechanism that will ensure that a
chapter created on a 5M machine will be editable on a 1M one.

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