Stan Sieler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Jeff asks:
 
 
: The MI silently eats resources ...sometimes a *SIGNIFICANT* amount!
 
 
:    :fetch cicat.pub.sys             (a file of 13456 sectors)
:                                     (using KLONDIKE tool from LPS :)
 
: that's 50% slower!       (Times on a 3000/968 with 128MB)
 
: Ok, so you *DO NOT WANT TO EVER LEAVE A MI-BASED TOOL RUNNING ALL DAY*,
: well...hardly ever :)      (MI-based tools have their place, certainly!)
 
 
Try your test on a Native Mode file type. Bet you can't get
any appreciable difference.
 
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