Working with binary data, S-records (long)

[Harald Massa]

Hans Joachim,

> Now my boss asked me to make a new version which offers a GUI
> and runs under Windows 2000, XP as well. 
> -----------------------
> On my development machine (1.7 GHz) it's reasonably fast with a file
> worth 100 KB. But I'm afraid it'll suck on our production machines,
> which run at 166 MHz (give or take some). 

I see a quite big flaw _before_ your algorithm: 

Windows 2000 or Windows XP with a Python Programmed GUI on a 166MHz 
Computer will suck no matter what you optimize in your record-reading-
algorithm.



Harald