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LesSpace
- Fix Space Errors on Large HDDs |
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| Overview: |
This section/page/file, and the On-line
Docs/page/file (60k approx), contain extensive details on LESSPACE.COM.
(Note for users who are viewing these notes in TEXT form,
and/or off-line: For those who do not have web access, and/or do not wish to use
a HTML browser to view the lesspace documentation, the lesspace notes are supplied as two
HTML files (lesspace.htm and lesspdoc.htm), and two text/ASCII files (lesspace.txt and
lesspdoc.txt). The TXT files are automatically generated from the HTML files, and are,
necessarily, poorly formatted, especially where tables are used. If possible, the
HTML files should be reviewed to avail of improved formatting, some indexing, better
layout, etc. Also, the latest documentation is always available on the web site, http://www.KennedySoftware.ie, and should be
accessed if you have problems/queries, or if you think these notes may be out of date).
LESSPACE is a DOS TSR utility, designed to solve problems with very large Disks;
Single-user or Networks, virtual, compressed or real. The initial releases of this utility
activated on disks which were typically greater than 2GB, but this threshold was later
reduced to 536MB (approx). Where the Paradox products are mentioned in these
notes, we are referring only to the DOS versions, and mainly to releases 3.5, 4.0x, and
4.5
If your DOS application is misbehaving because you are using large hard drives, this TSR
may help. Technically, the TSR watches for requests from the application to DOS/WIN for
details of the disk space, and, as the details are being passed back to the application
program, this TSR adjusts them down to more reasonable values, where relevant.
Therefore, if the TSR determines that it should make some adjustments to the internal
details going to the application, you may get incorrect (reduced) Space values (total
and/or free space) in the application, but, your application should still work correctly
!!. [That's what the TSR is for !!]. You don't lose any space; you don't need to
re-partition your drives into smaller units - your application just sees
less-space !!.
The utility includes a fix related to the Critical Error Handler code in
Win95 (Int-24), as detailed here. This impacts commands
like the DriveStatus() function in Paradox-DOS. Without the fix, DriveStatus()
will always return TRUE on Floppies and CDs.
As of version 3.0, Lesspace also has a feature to activate an epoch facility in
Paradox-DOS systems, and in any other systems which have a similar internal treatment of
Y2K dates. This is explained in the detailed lesspace notes
(60k).
Finally, the tsr also has an option to mark specified Drives as Remote, as also
explained here. This may be useful for apps
running in peer-to-peer networks, or for multiple tasks running on a single PC. |
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| Demo Download
(Shareware): |
The latest shareware release of lesspace, including all
DOC/TXT/HTM files, is available as LesSpace.ZIP.
This zip file-size is about 40k. (See Download
Instructions).
Note: Support calls arrive from unregistered users, and users are running versions which
are 10-15 releases out-of-date! The shareware release may have a restricted evaluation
period. (Registered versions will normally not have restricted usage periods). This is to
encourage users - especially trial users - to use the latest release, or to register, or
to use some alternative product, thereby minimising support demands for out-of-date
versions and/or from unregistered users.
Sometimes, enhancements involve changes to the program, and a beta
release may be available from time to time. In this case, the software version is
incremented.
But, frequently, just the documentation is updated, and, usually, the version code is not
revised in these cases. When documentation is revised, whether the software is updated or
not, we will revise the HTML text here, and in the TXT files delivered with the software.
Therefore, the documentation here, and that supplied with the software, will always be the
Latest available, and may have references to an option or feature that applies
only to an upcoming release of the software. When/where this occurs, the documentation
will indicate the relevant version. |
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| Order Full Program
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| You may order the full program on-line: click here. |
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Initial Registration cost (1 year) in USD
$: Initial registration covers a period of 12 months, and is based on the maximum
number of PCs simultaneously using LESSPACE, per site. Unless otherwise agreed (eg,
special carrier), no other charges apply:
| No of PCs |
Basic Price |
Additional per PC |
| 1-9 |
25.00 |
8.00 |
| 10-24 |
50.00 |
5.00 |
| 25-49 |
100.00 |
3.00 |
| 50-99 |
150.00 |
2.00 |
| 100-199 |
200.00 |
1.50 |
| 200+ |
300.00 |
1.00 |
Eg: 4 PCs = $25.00 + 4 * 8.00 =
$57.00. 14 PCs = $50.00 + 14 * 5.00 = $120.00
Annual Renewal cost in USD $:
| No of PCs |
Basic Price |
Additional per PC |
| 1-9 |
30.00 |
3.00 |
| 10-24 |
40.00 |
2.00 |
| 25+ |
65.00 |
1.00 |
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| Additional notes: |
A "user" who has multiple "sites", or multiple
"clients", and wishes to supply lesspace to those sites/clients, should indicate
how they would prefer to operate, expected numbers of sites and PCs (per site), etc, and
we will respond accordingly. We would prefer if each site/client is still separately
"registered", to facilitate Software Audits at those sites.
The registered software will not be dispatched to Customers who submit a PO, and/or
require an Invoice prior to payment, until payment has been received. A Company
check/cheque is acceptable. |
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| Registered Users: |
If you are a registered user, but you don't have the latest
release of the utility, we have a program to update your version of lesspace to the
current release. This update program handles most of the officially released versions of
lesspace. If it does not recognise your version - perhaps because you got a beta
release at some time, or your version is somehow special, then please let us
know, and we will either revise this update program, or just send you an
up-to-date revised release of lesspace. Thank you.
To upgrade your version of lesspace to the latest release, download LessUpdt.ZIP. This file-size
is about 50k. (See Download Instructions). |
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| Beta Release: |
When we have an early copy of a new (pending) release of lesspace,
which might be of interest to you, it'll be downloadable from here, as LessNew.ZIP. This file-size
will be about 40k. (See Download Instructions). The
main updates will be listed in the On-line Docs
(60k total !), under the most recent version-no updates. If a beta copy is
available, and you try it, then we would be grateful for any feedback, but please update
to an official release when available !. If no beta release is available here, the file
named LessNew.ZIP will be
identical to the Shareware release.
Currently no Beta-Release is available. |
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