[NTLK] Re - Heap issue

From: Frank Gruendel (Frank_Gruendel_at_t-online.de)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 14:42:31 EDT


> Wasn't it originally a heap issue on the earliest MPs? As you write longer
> notes, the system begins to slooow dooown--at least on older Newts. I
think
> that was more the issue than storage, but I've been wrong before (usually
> am, in fact) :-)

The reason for that stupid behavior wasn't heap, but the fact that the
Newton
saves the whole note whenever you add, remove or insert a new character.
The more characters there are, the longer it takes.
I would pay money for an application that somehow gets around that
annoying behavior and gives me a plain old save button instead.

Frank

Newton hardware and software at http://www.pda-soft.de

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