Time to Load Palm Note Book

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Date: Tue, 17 May 94 20:14 PDT
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From: Sean Shapira <sds@jazzie.com>
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Subject: Time to Load Palm Note Book
Status: RO

How does the time required to load the Palm Note Book depend on 
the size of the current notebook document?  I'm hoping someone 
at Palm or elsewhere could can a predictive formula for time to 
load (TTL) of the form:

   TTL = k1 + (k2 * N) milliseconds

where k1 and k2 are constants and N is the number of pages in 
the document, and the Note Book is not already resident.

I can imagine the TTL might also depend on the sizes of the 
pages in the document (e.g. if they have lots of graphical 
content), or that the relationship might be non-linear with
respect to one or the other of these variables.  That's OK:  
*any* kind of predictive model would be useful.

Customers need this information so they can structure their 
data in ways that make intelligent use of the product.

If it isn't clear from context, this question is regarding load 
times on the (incredibly slow) Zoomer PDA hardware, not on a 
desktop workstation.

Any responses are welcome, either via the list or in private 
mail.  If you reply in private mail, please indicate whether 
I may include your reply in a summary message to the list.

-- 
Sean Shapira        sds@jazzie.com        (206) 322-4742