Re: slow startup on windows

On 2024-10-25 09:41, Roland Hughes via Foxgui-users wrote:
> Everyone needs to keep an i5-gen3 around for testing.
> 
> Your application doesn't run well until it runs well on that with a
> SATA 100 or 150 spinning disk. You can probably get the HP small form
> factor ones from a recycler for under $50 if you promise not to throw
> it in a landfill.

Yes, I know about those; in fact, I've got a few of these, so I won't
have to sacrifice my AMD-based mothership static discharge spikes when
I'm messing around with little micro-controllers.

For people who don't know, there are so-called corporate desktop 
machines
made by Dell, Lenovo, and HP.  Large companies buy them by the pallet, 
and
when they're upgraded after a few years, they get sold on ebay for a 
song.

They typically sell betwen $100 and $300, depending on memory, 
processor,
and SSD.

Look for HP Elite Desk Mini, Dell Optiplex Micro, or Lenovo ThinkCentre 
Tiny.
They're very small, about the size of a book.

> I recommend SQLite because it is "everywhere" and you get SQL access.
> In the old days we used indexed files. Used to be C-Index/II and some
> commercial XBase libraries along with Btrieve, etc. There is an
> OpenSource XBASE library

Yes, sqlite sits in the space between simple custom data structures of
your own design v.s. full blown SQL databases like mysql or postgres.

Mostly OK if only one program accesses the data; Sander's Goggles media
player uses it, in case anyone is interested how you can interact with
sqlite and FOX...


   -- JVZ