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Thanks, Bill. We'll start the arm-twisting again in time to get this
into Version 8 ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: Equis Support <support@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: November 18, 1999 10:14
Subject: RE: 65,500 record limit
> Glen,
>
> We hear you. It won't happen until at least the next full version upgrade
> because of format limitations.
>
> Bill
> Equis Support
> http://www.equis.com/
> http://www.equis.com/customer/support/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Wallace [mailto:gcwallace@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:13 AM
> To: suggestions@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: MetaStock listserver; MetaStock Support; sales@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 65,500 record limit
>
>
> Equis:
>
> I would strongly suggest the increase of the 65,500 record limit for
> MetaStock data files.
>
> In MetaStock EOD 65,500 records represents more than 250 years of data, so
> it is a reasonable limit, if one is required. For MetaStock Pro, however,
> this represents just 6 years of 10-minute data and just 8 months of
> 1-minute data. The use of tick data is utterly impractical.
>
> The record limitation makes any system design and testing with intraday
> data impractical, and regrettably users are forced to switch to
> TradeStation.
>
> MetaStock Pro 7 is now a powerful and reliable engine, ready for serious
> traders, yet the record limitation has effectively knocked it out of the
> race. I understand that the limit was put in place many years ago simply
> to cap file size at some reasonable level for the slower computers with
> limited hard disk space. Obviously, that is not the case now.
>
> I would strongly urge you to raise the limit in MetaStock Pro to at least
> 15 million records.
>
> I would appreciate hearing your comments on this suggestion, and the
> likelihood of it being implemented in the next upgrade, the next new
> version, or at all.
>
> cc: MetaStock Technical Support
> MetaStock Sales
> MetaStock Listserver
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