Re: how long is long?

[Bob Lowell <bpl@MSI.COM>]

At 08:32 AM 9/5/96 -0500, you wrote:

>Using the -M command line argument, you can specify a
>different maximum for the LONGSPACE parameter.  For example,
>you might create a file called my_prog.sqm with the line
>
>LONGSPACE=65535
>

Thanks for the suggestion. I was actually trying that when
I received your mail :-)

Changing this default seems to act very flakey on
the PC. The acceptable values are lower for the PC (per MITI's user guide,
the PC limits are lower, but they don't say what they are. However, I did
get an error message that it could not be set over 32k) and when I set
it to that highest PC acceptable value it returns less information
than if I just leave it alone.

> I don't know what happens if you try to use
>a value greater than 64K.

SQR returns a no data found error. (and then crashes, on the PC anyhow)

I also tryed from the SGI and it made absolutely no difference
no matter what I put in my longspace default.  I tried altering
other defaults and it picked them up right away,...? go figure.

This might become a non-issue for me, I think I've convinced
them they don't want all this (mostly useless) info in their reports.
However, I would be curious if anyone else has any ideas.

Thanks again,

Bob





Bob Lowell
bpl@msi.com
MIS Support Analyst
Molecular Simulations Inc.
(619) 546-5343