Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!imagen!atari!kbad
From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Delimma #1 fix or not to fix
Message-ID: <1126@atari.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 88 19:01:32 GMT
References: <369@bdt.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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in article <369@bdt.UUCP>, david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) says:
> [some flaming deleted]  "Oh Malloc doesn't
> work?  Yes we know.  Don't use it.   GEMDOS console I/O doesn't work either,
> but you're not allowed to use the BIOS if you want your program to
> work with I/O redirection.  No you can't have a larger than 16MB disk
> partition.    40-folder bug?  Umm.. well...  Have a nice day."

  1)  Most development systems for the ST provide alternatives to the
system Malloc call which work just fine.  Workarounds were published
in one of the earlier Developer Q&A newsletters.  (also, see Allan Pratt's
recent posting regarding how Malloc has been repaired for TOS 1.4)

  2)  If you need GEMDOS console I/O that is redirectable in earlier
versions of TOS, you can use Fread/write to standard handles.  It redirects
just fine.  (also, GEMDOS console I/O is redirectable in TOS 1.4)

  3)  No, you can't have a larger than 16MB disk partition.  However,
when AHDI that supports removable media drives is released, it is possible
that close to 32Mb partitions will also be available.

  4)  Quite some time ago, Atari released to public distribution a program
called FOLDR100, which increases the amount of OSPool, and helps relieve
nearly all instances of the "40 folder bug" (q.v. Allan Pratt's recent
posting regarding how Malloc has been repaired for TOS 1.4).

> David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.uucp)	| "Don't call me Stupid!"
-- 
 Ken Badertscher                 | Hey, umm, the stuff I said up there
 Atari R&D Software Test/Support | is, like, what _I_ think, okay?
 {portal,ames,imagen}!atari!kbad | So, y'know, don't bug Atari about it.