Subj : Re: Win XP
To   : Bob Jones
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Wed Oct 23 2002 12:28 am

 -=> On 10-21-02  15:48, Bob Jones <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Win XP <=-

 DS>    I suspect that the DOS version of Maximus might have had a problem
 DS>    because of high message numbers in the Squish data base (200K + for
 DS>    some echo areas).   I ran the SQFIX program, which renumbered the
 DS>    data base down to current size (2K+ or less for each echo area) and
 DS>    that problem went away.   Perhaps the NT version won't have the
 DS>    problem to start with -- I'll be finding out before long.

 BJ> Yes, I believe 200K+ for message numbers is too high under 
 BJ> the DOS version.  From memory, I think the limit was around 
 BJ> 15K or so....

   I got a copy of the NT versions of Maximus and Squish, and installed
   them (with the Y2K patch for Maximus as well).   Now Maximus does not
   have any problem going to a message number in the 200,000 range.  I
   wonder what the limit might be for this version?  Probably 4 gig<G>.

   BTW -- I saw some discussion on size of the data base (as opposed to
   high number) -- I think I've had as much as 10K in an echo, but
   usually trim them all down to less than that.

                        dale (at) min (dot) net
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