Geoff wrote:
> Hello PSN Peoples;
> 
> I am trying to make a routine
> that will save an array of single
> bytes to a raw data file on the hard
> drive and do this as quickly as possible.
> Below you will see a routine that works
> very well for me but its too darn slow.
> When the program enters this routine
> it will linger for many seconds
> appearently converting the data array
> into the strings before eventually
> actually saving the data into the file.
> I do not understand the terrible long
> time this routine seems to take.
> 
> Can someone with more experience
> please tell me what Im doing wrong
> that takes so long ( literally several
> seconds for only 32770 bytes total) to complete.
> I would like a speed that rivals a BSAVE command.

Your first mistake is using Basic.

This will be between 10 and 1000 times slower than a compiled language.

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