Hello All,
Check this source, and let it run on your computer...
It will do some read/write operations, and give the delayed time..
First try with X% and therafter remove the % from all the FOR/NEXT lines.
When the % charz are present, the program runs so fast, that it ends before 
the timer changes. When the % charz are removed, it slows down to more than 
90%!!
Can somebody explain me why this is, and if there is a way to do it faster?
 CUT DA CRAP HERE 
TYPE MT
 DD AS STRING * 8
END TYPE
DIM TL AS MT
CLS
OPEN "BLOODY.RND" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN=LEN(TL)
PRINT "65536 RANDOM RECORD writes: "; TIMER
FOR X% = 1 to 65536
 TL.DD = "BLOODY!"
    Record = INT(RND * 255) + 1
    PUT #1, Record, TL
NEXT x%
PRINT "End                       : "; TIMER
PRINT "65536 RANDOM RECORD reads : "; TIMER
FOR X% = 1 to 65536
    Record = INT(RND * 255) + 1
    GET #1, Record, TL
NEXT x%
PRINT "End                       : "; TIMER
CLOSE #1
KILL "BLOODY.RND"
PRINT
OPEN "BLOODY.RND" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
PRINT "65536 SEQUENTIAL writes   : "; TIMER
FOR X% = 1 to 65536
 PRINT #1, string$(80, "X")
NEXT X%
PRINT "End                       : "; TIMER
CLOSE #1
OPEN "BLOODY.RND" FOR INPUT AS #1
PRINT "65536 SEQUENTIAL reads    : "; TIMER
FOR X% = 1 to 65536
 LINE INPUT #1, Regel$
NEXT X%
PRINT "End                       : "; TIMER
CLOSE #1
KILL "BLOODY.RND"
PRINT "Checks Ready..."
 END noname.bas 
Mzzl,
sander@taf.idn.nl
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