Keep in mind that 16MB for 32 users is 250 times the memory available circa late 1970s' with the Microdata Royale series.
There's something to be said for programming on an older system that gives you respect for todays horsepower. I experience this first hand every other week when visiting my Microdata client from my normal U2/D3 client base. While you can't get really technically sophisticated as with the current systems, you do become more effecient when programming within limits. Perhaps the single thing I miss the most when programming on this old system is the fact that I cannot use external subroutiness as freely as on every other platform. I have a whole bunch of handy subs that I install on all of my clients but have to convert them to INCLUDES if I want to use them there. Microdatas don't like mixing RUN and cataloged programs together. My 1 cent. Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Slow ascii output > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Claus Derlien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >no one and I mean NO ONE uses a system with 16 MB ram today! > > > >we have 65 users on 2 gig ram, and when we do payments of unemployment > >salaries to our members we do everything in memory, and just write the > >edi file to a record a large batch takes less than two minutes and it > >also generates payment specifications for storage in pdf format (using > >cross pdf package). > >oh and we also do an xml conversion of the edi file on the fly aswell.. > >UniVerse is really a top performer when it comes to number crunching > >and file management > >how do you power a 16 meg system today ?? - with steam ? > > Note the use of the PAST tense. That machine is now salvage in my > garage, waiting for me to restore it to personal use. > > I was just pointing out that MMV, and some things may work for some > people and not for others. Why we were trying to run 32 users on 16 meg, > even when the system was brand new (1990ish), I don't know. > Penny-pinching, I guess. > > It's just that WRITESEQ makes a lot of sense when you're building BIG > strings and are short of RAM... > > > >Med venlig hilsen > > > >Claus Derlien > >programmxr > >Edb-afdelingen > > Cheers, > Wol > > > >> Our system was short of RAM - 16 meg for 32 users (PI/Open on > >> an EXL 7330). It thrashed enough under normal load, even > >> before you started to try and build large (and I mean LARGE) > >> strings in BASIC... > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Wol > >> -- > >> > >> Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'Yings, yow > >> graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking the > >> thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said > >> Nanny. The man lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' Carpe > >> Jugulum, Terry Pratchett 1998 Visit the MaVerick web-site - > >> <http://www.maverick-dbms.org> Open Source Pick > >> ------- > >> u2-users mailing list > >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > >------- > >u2-users mailing list > >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > -- > Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 'Yings, yow graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking the > thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said Nanny. The man > lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett 1998 > Visit the MaVerick web-site - <http://www.maverick-dbms.org> Open Source Pick > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
