From: Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Maximums?
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 18:23:31 +0100
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George Foot wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 31 May 1998 20:09:32 +0100 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp Shawn
> Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> 
> : Nate Eldredge writes:
> : >>b)How many objects can I cram into an Allegro datafile?
> : >
> : >As many as you want, AFAIK. It may break if your file goes over 2GB due to
> : >DOS limitations.
> 
> : On second thoughts, there is a fixed limit. The total number of objects
> : in the file must fit into a signed 32 bit integer, so there cannot be
> : more than 2147483647.
> 
> Heh, note though that even if each object only took one byte, this
> would overshoot the 2Gb limit Nate mentioned. :)
> 
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Just thought I'd say 2147483647 is 2GB due to 1024 bytes per Kb etc, so
Shawn was right

	Peter Allen