Re: HardPressed

[isc26330@leonis.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE)]

Andy McFadden (fadden@uts.amdahl.com) wrote:

: It'd be possible to do this without adding it to HP.  Just write an INIT
: that does all of the fancy stuff, then does an open/read/write/close on the
: file.  You have to do some annoying tricks to FORCE it to compress, but
: that'll be fixed with the next version of HP when I add IPC "compress now"
: messages.

	Great!  When is the next version of HP due?  Can drop some hints
here? ;-)

: So, there's no reason why it needs to be an integral part of HP.  The only
: advantage to doing so is that otherwise it's not possible to interrupt HP if
: you come back from the bathroom and want to go back to work.

	Ucks!  I'll like to regain control of my IIgs when I get back. 
Any chance of putting this feature into a future HP upgrade agenda??

	Anyway, as it is, HP is a really solid and cool product! :)

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