From: groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2002-11-19 02:41:01
Hello Ullrich, Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 9:43:55 AM, you wrote: UvB> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:35:26PM -0600, Brian Bagnall wrote: >> Just out of curiosity, is the reason for no standard C file I/O because of >> something to do with the 1541 drive? UvB> The reason for no standard file I/O for the CBMs is that I refused to do it, UvB> and no one else did it either. CBM specific file I/O is there because someone UvB> (Marc Rintsch) did it. And, the Atari has standard file I/O, because Christian UvB> Groessler wrote the necessary low level routines. UvB> In general, a feature is available, if someone is doing the necessary work. UvB> Most problems have a social reason, not a technical one:-) and i have to mention (again :=P) that i've been working on that :=P however, part of the problem HAS to do with the 1541 (and most other cbm-drives for that matter)...for example their filesystem makes it very hard to seek efficiently in files to mention one major problem... however... my current version works fine aslong as you are dealing with one file at a time only, and supports all standard stuff except seeking so far.... now that i have my phoneline back i hope to get this up and running with current cvs version of the compiler and then upload it on the ftp.... *maybe* its in a state now that it could be added to the standard libs, but i doubt it :/ still lotta stuff to fix there ;=/ -- Best regards, groepaz mailto:groepaz_at_gmx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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