Re: Question on AW3 expander that would be resolved by the manualif I could find it

["Hugh Hood" <hugh.hood@a2central.com.remove-z3l-this>]

  To: SlickRCBD

Slick,

Greg's right.

Out of the box, AppleWorks 3, 4 and 5 (the absolute best, BTW <g>), have a
16,250 maximum line/record limit.

(FWIW, this stems from AppleWorks reserving about $8000 bytes (32,768 bytes)
in AUX memory to hold 16,250 2-byte memory pointers. The memory pointers are
used by the running AppleWorks memory manager (e.g. Auxslot/Slinky/GS) to
store and retrieve the lines in the actual Desktop Memory). After you have a
file with 16,250 lines/records, no increase in Desktop Memory can increase
that. When AppleWorks moves or sorts lines/records, it merely rearranges the
2-byte memory pointers in AUX memory, which accounts for its relative
speed.)

Anyway, I pulled the docs for the Applied Engineering AW 3 Expander
Software. Chapter Two states that the Expander Software can increase the
line limit in AppleWorks 3 to 23,900 lines, _UNLESS_ any TimeOut
enhancements are installed. To quote:

"Note: If you're using TimeOut enhancements the lines and records will not
be increased. TimeOut uses the extra memory for its own purposes."

I never had a reason to use the AE AW 3 Expander software. In most cases, I
would think that giving up TimeOut for an additional 7,000 lines/records
would not be worth the trade.

I have run up against the 16,250 line limit when editing some old-style HPGL
plot (.plt) files. These files typically have about ten characters and then
a 'return'. You can get 16,250 'returns' fairly quickly. At that point, I
usually retreat to ProTerm or BBedit on the Mac, muttering to myself.

In closing, to solve your problem, I might suggest installing another copy
of AppleWorks 3, without TimeOut, and then adding the AE software. AE has a
utility program that allows you to set the maximum number of lines. After
you've got it all set up, by all means, bust that file up!

Hugh...
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