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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

4261.0. "Bad programming practices" by SIEVAX::CHANT () Mon Nov 12 1990 02:58

I can understand that with some programs you may need to do a 'NOFASTMEM'.
But why with some programs do I need to disable my external drive (DF2:).

What sort of programming no-no has taken place ?

Adrian

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4261.1 BOMBE::MOORE Amiga: Real computing on a PC budget Mon Nov 12 1990 03:53 5

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4261.1		BOMBE::MOORE	Amiga: Real computing on a PC budget	`Mon Nov 12 1990 03:53`	5
	Most of the cases I've seen where removal of external drives was requested, it was because the program needed the memory which would otherwise be allocated to buffers and such for the extra drive. So it's more a matter of squeezing out the last available memory rather than poor programming practices.

    Most of the cases I've seen where removal of external drives was
    requested, it was because the program needed the memory which would
    otherwise be allocated to buffers and such for the extra drive.  So
    it's more a matter of squeezing out the last available memory rather
    than poor programming practices.