[Info-vax] RMS internals?

Howard S Shubs howard at shubs.net
Tue Aug 11 11:26:21 EDT 2009


In article <4a80a1bb$0$299$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
 Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:

> Give the size of data today and the need for moving files between
> VMS and various non-VMS systems, then what about:
> - changing the 32K limit to a 16M limit
> - have VAR and VFC use 4 byte length both before and after data
> - if there are any compatibility issues then keep the existing
>    RFM's and add BIGVAR, BIGVFC, BIGSTM, BIGSTMLF, BIGSTMCR and BIGFIX
> ?

Easier said than done.  Getting HP to make this change would be 
significant, and would take time.  I need this ready in a week for this 
client.  My programmer is already using it, though I've told him of the 
bug I found.

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