Re: METAL is now FREE!!!!!!

[fnet@neumann.cba.csuohio.edu (Greg Boh)]

In article <1993Apr9.201547.19084@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kreme@nyx.cs.du.edu (Not A Random Name) writes:

>>If you compare the run-time of the same code from Acos and Metal, Metal
>>/is/ faster.
>
>That's not what we're talking about.  We're talking about the user
>waiting two seconds for a command to be processed and wondering why
>the damn system is so slow.

Then it should have been stated that "To the user, FV appears to be sluggish"
or something. I'm not going to waste bandwidth by posting any more to this
thread. People, just shut up already.

>>I'm fairly certain he's got a GS.
>
>So you have no idea what FV/Metal on a //e looks like, eh?

This has nothing to do with Shane at all. Shane was stating that QuackDuck has
a IIGS. Shane, running METAL on a IIE is irrelevant and useless. Therefore,
the comment that you made shall be piped directly to /dev/null.

(And if you want to know the truth, Shane HAS seen METAL run on IIE's. There
is a IIE based METAL/FV system in his area code.)
>
>>I highly, highly doubt your Acos bbs does what Futurevision does...
>>(Note: I've never seen his bbs, so I /really/ can't say.)
>
>Well, the problem I think everyone is having is that MOST people equate
>METAL and Futurevision, just as most equate ACOS and GBBS.  Basically,
>Dan is sayig the FV is far to large and slow and pokey to run on a //e,
>and I agree with him.  If Dan has any interest and we ever have some
>time, we might see about stripping out a large chunk of FV and seeing
>how that runs, though the message files are still a major stumbeling
>block.


Ohh shit...here we go again. People posting what they are not familiar with.

The ACOS msg file format and the METAL SMF file format access at roughly the
SAME SPEEDS!

WHY?

ACOS packs the MSG file on writing and unpacks it on reading.

METAL doesn't do this, but has about 10 more things to cycle through.

Net equivalent is that they BOTH are about the same on access times. METAL
SMF files have the advantage of being able to store binary information where
ACOS msg files cannot. Plus, METAL can do true compaction on the SMF files.

And to all those weenies getting ready to reply. DON'T! I'm sending cancel
messages to alt.config to remove ALL traces of this thread. I'm sick of
listening and wasting my time on it. If you have a legitimate bitch, gripe or
compliment about METAL, take it to alt.bbs.metal.

If you can't get it in your area, then ASK your system administrator about it.
I'm sure that they will be nice enough to grab it for you. 

Legitimate METAL support is available on both AOL and Genie as well.