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#2 Please do not load .adf files in memory

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2005-11-21
2005-11-21
No

I see that .adf files are loaded in memory. It would be
nice to access sectors from the SD card when needed to
lower the memory consumption.
Since .adf files are raw images, I think it would be
simple.

Cheers,

Ludo.

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  • Sinisa Marovic

    Sinisa Marovic - 2005-11-21

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    The first version of PalmUAE was in fact reading directly from
    VFS, but due to power consumption (drains way to much power),
    and speed (extremely slow), it was replaced by more efficient
    method. Besides, reading/writing to/from VFS inside the ARM
    code would sometimes have unexpected effects (such as files or
    the complete PalmUAE directory being deleted - happened to me
    twice).

     
  • Ludovic Drolez

    Ludovic Drolez - 2005-11-21

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    Do you use storage mem or heap for floppy disks ?

    Anyway, congratulations for your work ! I cannot run
    Castaway but I can run UAE: Nice to see that some
    programmers do not forget guys with low ram devices !

    > would sometimes have unexpected effects
    :-( Hope they will release PalmOS/linux soon...

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    It uses any avaliable memory for any data. I have a new
    slightly modified version, so drop me an e-mail to:
    sinisamarovic@yahoo.com , I will reply with a new version

     

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