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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: August 19, 1993 09:05 PM Thursday; Rod Welch

Called Morris re memory management and menus for SDS.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Memory Use Above 1 MB Using XMS Takes More than 2 Days
3...Windows Version of SDS Easier than Developing XMS Memory Support


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SUBJECTS
SDS Improvements to Medit
Templates, freeze top lines
Menu and User Interface

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0505 -    ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Follow up ref SDS 1 0000.
050702 -
050703 - He expects to do more work on this on Sunday after church.  I will
050704 - call to remind him about this.
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SUBJECTS
SDS Improvements to Medit
Memory Problem Solved with Windows Version But Morris Only Has 3 Days
Windows Version Proposed by Morris Solve SDS Memory Problem

0905 -
090601 -  ..
090602 - Memory Use Above 1 MB Using XMS Takes More than 2 Days
090603 - Windows Version of SDS Easier than Developing XMS Memory Support
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090605 - Morris advised that after I left last Saturday, he examined Medit code
090606 - and concluded it would take much more than two days to modify the code
090607 - in a way that would permit use of XMS memory, as he initially planned
090608 - on 930814. ref SDS 1 OX3L
090610 -  ..
090611 - Morris mentioned today that it might be easier to write a Windows
090612 - version of SDS.
090614 -  ..
090615 - I explained that this sounds useful, but experience shows that Morris
090616 - can only devote about 3 days per year to the effort, and this likely
090617 - is not enough time to create a Windows application for SDS.
090619 -  ..
090620 - We decided that after he completes work on the menu system, we will
090621 - meet for a day to work on modifying Medit to improve memory management
090622 - to see how far we get.  He may develop an approach that overcomes the
090623 - limitations and hurdles he expects at this point.  Many previous
090624 - improvements were put off for months and years on the grounds they
090625 - were too time consuming or impossible, only to find he was able to
090626 - accomplish them in a few hours, once the effort was undertaken.
090627 -
090628 -     [On 010205 Morris feels changes to assembly code to increase
090629 -     memory for SDS would take 1 week to code and 6 months to debug.
090630 -     ref SDS 2 6Q8H
090632 -      ..
090633 -     [On 040505 Gary submits information to upgrade 16-bit assembly
090634 -     code for Medit to 32-bit code that addresses more memory in
090635 -     Windows. ref SDS 3 QU8K; Morris does not have enough time to
090636 -     implement this level of improvement. ref SDS 3 TW43
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