Originally Posted By: MarioD
I think it is more of a 32-bit program limitation.

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It probably didn't have anything to do with bandwidth. I don't remember whether the first computer for the development has had a 4-bit or an 8-bit processor. The first IBM PC did have a 16-bit processor using an 8-bit data bus.

Back then [in the 1980s] memory was very expensive. So the developers probably, it's a wild guess, were misers when it came to memory consumption. Remember, it is one byte in each file. One 8-bit-byte, there were others like 7 or 9-bit-bytes also, has a limit of 256 different combinations going from 0000 0000 to 1111 1111. If that byte is embedded in all files then changing it is a major step for the program architects. Suddenly you might not be able to access your old files anymore with the then contemporary version of BIAB; or you probably run into limitations to exchange files with users of older versions.

There are some posts in the wishlist that require a change of the file format. I'm certain that PGMusic is developing an import/export routine for legacy files.



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Guido

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