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| Started by | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| First post | 2012-07-17 09:30 +0100 |
| Last post | 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100 |
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Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-17 09:30 +0100
Re: Unipod query "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-17 09:06 +0000
Re: Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-17 17:34 +0100
Re: Unipod query Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-07-17 20:05 +0100
Re: Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-18 12:56 +0100
Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-21 00:31 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 05:39 +0000
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-21 12:29 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 14:05 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-21 18:09 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-07-21 18:56 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Bruce Goatly" <ss4@goatly.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 19:19 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 20:26 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-07-22 14:46 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-07-21 21:39 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-22 13:53 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-22 15:09 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-07-23 16:36 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-21 20:22 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-07-22 10:03 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-22 11:09 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-23 11:29 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-07-23 16:28 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-23 18:27 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-07-23 20:38 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-23 22:25 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-24 06:03 +0000
Re: Resurrected RiscPC spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-07-24 07:49 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-07-24 12:23 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-24 21:08 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2012-07-24 22:05 +0100
Re: Resurrected RiscPC Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-24 22:36 +0100
Re: Unipod query Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-25 16:40 +0000
Re: Unipod query "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 08:34 +0000
Re: Unipod query "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100
Re: Unipod query Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-26 10:15 +0000
Re: Unipod query Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100
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| From | "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-22 11:09 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b3372ee4dave@davenoise.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #5898 |
In article <ae2131b352.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>,
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
> On 21 Jul, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> > IPA will be fine.
> Indeed. And there are so many nice ones to choose from!
;-)
But not strong enough for cleaning things. I've used Vodka on tape heads
in an emergency, though.
--
*Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.
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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-23 11:29 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b3bcd52acvjazz@waitrose.com> |
| In reply to | #5887 |
In article <a6utk4FggjU1@mid.individual.net>, David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > On 21-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: <snip> > > I've got a RiscPC working after a fashion. > > Memory test failed Phase 1 fail at &00ABB430 with &98612D2D instead of > > &B8612D2D There were &00000053 failures in total > > > There's your problem. You've either got duff RAM, dirty contacts or C32 > still present on a series 1 or 2 motherboard. You're wasting your time > faffing about with anything else until you sort this out. Thanks, Dave. It was duff RAM. Now sorted. What a weird collection of faults that gave rise to. Even Paint doesn't ask for the colour picker now, Why duff memory should stop a module loading I have no idea. No matter. All seems well now. What still puzzles me is that the drives that originally reported errors that everybody told me marked their death, I can now access quite happily & will use them as back ups. I didn't have a c32. My motherboard number is 1208. Is there a way of matching these numbers to which series the motherboard is? Had a Google but couldn't find a list. I've sorted System variable not found - USBDeviceDriver$Path (internal error code 120). I had forgotten to tick the options in Configure USB when I installed Adjust for the second time. I now seem to have a fully working RiscPC. Fingers crossed!!!! Many thanks to all who offered advice along the way. -- Chris Newman
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| From | John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-23 16:28 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <mpro.m7mdo3000bx0y04eo.lists@thesandfords.me.uk> |
| In reply to | #5911 |
Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > In article <a6utk4FggjU1@mid.individual.net>, > David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 21-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > I've got a RiscPC working after a fashion. Memory test failed Phase 1 > > > fail at &00ABB430 with &98612D2D instead of &B8612D2D There were > > > &00000053 failures in total > > > > > There's your problem. You've either got duff RAM, dirty contacts or C32 > > still present on a series 1 or 2 motherboard. You're wasting your time > > faffing about with anything else until you sort this out. > > Thanks, Dave. It was duff RAM. Now sorted. What a weird collection of > faults that gave rise to. Even Paint doesn't ask for the colour picker > now, Why duff memory should stop a module loading I have no idea. No > matter. All seems well now. Modules load into memory ! as does all the applications/data you use. -- John Sandford home
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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-23 18:27 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b3e32898cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
| In reply to | #5913 |
In article <mpro.m7mdo3000bx0y04eo.lists@thesandfords.me.uk>, John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> wrote: > Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > > In article <a6utk4FggjU1@mid.individual.net>, > > David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On 21-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > I've got a RiscPC working after a fashion. Memory test failed Phase 1 > > > > fail at &00ABB430 with &98612D2D instead of &B8612D2D There were > > > > &00000053 failures in total > > > > > > > There's your problem. You've either got duff RAM, dirty contacts or C32 > > > still present on a series 1 or 2 motherboard. You're wasting your time > > > faffing about with anything else until you sort this out. > > > > Thanks, Dave. It was duff RAM. Now sorted. What a weird collection of > > faults that gave rise to. Even Paint doesn't ask for the colour picker > > now, Why duff memory should stop a module loading I have no idea. No > > matter. All seems well now. > Modules load into memory ! as does all the applications/data you use. Only one bank of the memory was duff - 32 out of the 96MB. Wouldn't they use the bit that was still available? Also, if you have memory SIMMS of different values, does it matter which goes in which slot? Likewise, does it matter with ROMS? Yours in ignorance, -- Chris Newman
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| From | Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-23 20:38 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <mpro.m7mp8d01xmn7401ju.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> |
| In reply to | #5916 |
On 23 Jul, Chris Newman wrote in message
<52b3e32898cvjazz@waitrose.com>:
> Only one bank of the memory was duff - 32 out of the 96MB. Wouldn't they
> use the bit that was still available?
How does the OS know that it's duff? Unless it were to do a full write-read
check (which takes as long as MemCheck, and therefore isn't practical) then
it has no idea.
> Also, if you have memory SIMMS of different values, does it matter which
> goes in which slot?
No.
> Likewise, does it matter with ROMS?
Yes, IIRC.
--
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/
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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-23 22:25 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b3f8f5d4cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
| In reply to | #5917 |
In article <mpro.m7mp8d01xmn7401ju.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote: > On 23 Jul, Chris Newman wrote in message > <52b3e32898cvjazz@waitrose.com>: > > Only one bank of the memory was duff - 32 out of the 96MB. Wouldn't they > > use the bit that was still available? > How does the OS know that it's duff? Unless it were to do a full write-read > check (which takes as long as MemCheck, and therefore isn't practical) then > it has no idea. I take the point. Although it always seemed to be the same modules failing so they must always be trying access the same bit of memory ie the duff bit. > > Also, if you have memory SIMMS of different values, does it matter which > > goes in which slot? > No. Ta. > > Likewise, does it matter with ROMS? > Yes, IIRC. IIRC, my 3.7 ROMS weren't numbered or differentiated in any way but the Adjust 4.39 were. -- Chris Newman
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| From | "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-24 06:03 +0000 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <a76s5hF4seU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #5919 |
On 23-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > IIRC, my 3.7 ROMS weren't numbered or differentiated in any way but the > Adjust 4.39 were. That's because Acorn never intended them to be a 'user upgrade' unlike all the ROL ROMs and RO 3.1 so they just had a part number instead of ROM 1, ROM 2, etc. Though, of course, they did become an upgrade when people fitted Strong ARMs to their RPC 700s. If you look at the numbers, ROM 1 is 191-01 and ROM 2 is 192-01. Similarly with RO 3.6 it's 101-01 and 102-01. Pretty obvious really. -- David Holden - APDL - <http://www.apdl.co.uk>
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| From | spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-24 07:49 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b42c82dfspam.pling@btinternet.com> |
| In reply to | #5920 |
In article <a76s5hF4seU1@mid.individual.net>, David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > If you look at the numbers, ROM 1 is 191-01 and ROM 2 is 192-01. > Similarly with RO 3.6 it's 101-01 and 102-01. Pretty obvious really. Only to new RISC OS users, the rest tend to have varifocal lenses these days - me included. -- Steve Pampling
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| From | Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-24 12:23 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b445983dSpambin@argonet.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #5922 |
In article <52b42c82dfspam.pling@btinternet.com>, spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> wrote: > In article <a76s5hF4seU1@mid.individual.net>, David Holden > <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > > If you look at the numbers, ROM 1 is 191-01 and ROM 2 is 192-01. > > Similarly with RO 3.6 it's 101-01 and 102-01. Pretty obvious really. > Only to new RISC OS users, the rest tend to have varifocal lenses these > days - me included. I'm on bi-focals but with a single prescription pair to the "reading" prescription, which I wear most of time when I'm at home. -- Stuart Winsor Only plain text for emails http://www.asciiribbon.org
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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-24 21:08 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b475b87fcvjazz@waitrose.com> |
| In reply to | #5920 |
In article <a76s5hF4seU1@mid.individual.net>, David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > On 23-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > > IIRC, my 3.7 ROMS weren't numbered or differentiated in any way but the > > Adjust 4.39 were. > That's because Acorn never intended them to be a 'user upgrade' unlike all > the ROL ROMs and RO 3.1 so they just had a part number instead of ROM 1, ROM > 2, etc. Though, of course, they did become an upgrade when people fitted > Strong ARMs to their RPC 700s. > If you look at the numbers, ROM 1 is 191-01 and ROM 2 is 192-01. Similarly > with RO 3.6 it's 101-01 and 102-01. Pretty obvious really. Thanks, Dave. Just as a belt & braces check, which goes in which slot? No 1 should be in the rear slot in all versions? -- Chris Newman
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| From | Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-24 22:05 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <dff27ab452.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com> |
| In reply to | #5925 |
In message <52b475b87fcvjazz@waitrose.com>
Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
> In article <a76s5hF4seU1@mid.individual.net>,
> David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 23-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
>
> > > IIRC, my 3.7 ROMS weren't numbered or differentiated in any way but the
> > > Adjust 4.39 were.
>
> > That's because Acorn never intended them to be a 'user upgrade' unlike
> > all the ROL ROMs and RO 3.1 so they just had a part number instead of ROM
> > 1, ROM 2, etc. Though, of course, they did become an upgrade when people
> > fitted Strong ARMs to their RPC 700s.
>
> > If you look at the numbers, ROM 1 is 191-01 and ROM 2 is 192-01.
> > Similarly with RO 3.6 it's 101-01 and 102-01. Pretty obvious really.
>
> Thanks, Dave. Just as a belt & braces check, which goes in which slot? No 1
> should be in the rear slot in all versions?
If it's going at all, you've got them the right way round.
Dave
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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-24 22:36 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Resurrected RiscPC |
| Message-ID | <52b47dbeb4cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
| In reply to | #5926 |
In article <dff27ab452.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>, Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote: > In message <52b475b87fcvjazz@waitrose.com> Chris Newman > <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > > In article <a76s5hF4seU1@mid.individual.net>, David Holden > > <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On 23-Jul-2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > > > > > > IIRC, my 3.7 ROMS weren't numbered or differentiated in any way but > > > > the Adjust 4.39 were. > > > > > That's because Acorn never intended them to be a 'user upgrade' unlike > > > all the ROL ROMs and RO 3.1 so they just had a part number instead of > > > ROM 1, ROM 2, etc. Though, of course, they did become an upgrade when > > > people fitted Strong ARMs to their RPC 700s. > > > > > If you look at the numbers, ROM 1 is 191-01 and ROM 2 is 192-01. > > > Similarly with RO 3.6 it's 101-01 and 102-01. Pretty obvious really. > > > > Thanks, Dave. Just as a belt & braces check, which goes in which slot? No > > 1 should be in the rear slot in all versions? > If it's going at all, you've got them the right way round. Still some problems with icons but I'm tracking those down to MenuBar &/or Larger so seemingly no problem with ROMS. Cheers, -- Chris Newman
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| From | Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-25 16:40 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <a07fe6b452.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #5877 |
On 17 Jul 2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
[snip]
> Is there any speed (or other) advantage to having the main Hard Disc 4
> connected via my Unipod as opposed to the main mother board? I looked
> in Archive for an article about the Unipod and any comparative data
> but couldn't find one.
I've now been able to test my RiscPC/Unipod. Identical Seagate 40GB
ST340015A drives are installed on the motherboard ADFS, and on the
Unipod IDEFS. The results, below, were produced by HDspeed v1.30.
Byte access test, ADFS IDEFS IDEFS
large file size = 8 MB c-sec c-sec /ADFS
Read 50K sequential bytes 8.9 33.4 3.75
Write 50K sequential bytes 41 61 1.49
Read 500K sequential bytes 297 342 1.15
Write 500K sequential bytes 645 631 0.98
50 KB file read 1,000 random bytes 28 276 9.86
50 KB file write 1,000 random bytes 358 1657 4.63
Large file read 1,000 random bytes 950 907 0.95
Large file write 1,000 random bytes 2711 1650 0.61
Mean 2.93
Block Load/Save, ADFS IDEFS IDEFS
large file size = 8 MB KB/sec KB/sec /ADFS
Save 50Kb file 956 1543 1.61
Load 50Kb file 1515 1612 1.06
Save large block file 1624 2507 1.54
Load large block file 1890 2832 1.50
Save/load 50 KB file 1179 1865 1.58
Save/load 512 KB file 1473 2216 1.50
Save/load large block file 1743 2661 1.53
Mean 1.48
The first group of tests show that, for byte access, IDEFS is, on
average, more than 60% _slower_ than ADFS.
The second group of tests show that, for load/save operations, IDEFS is,
on average, about 50% faster than ADFS.
Tony
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| From | "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-26 08:34 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <a7cdovFtmqU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #5932 |
On 25-Jul-2012, Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: [results not reproduced for brevity] > The first group of tests show that, for byte access, IDEFS is, on > average, more than 60% _slower_ than ADFS. > > The second group of tests show that, for load/save operations, IDEFS is, > on average, about 50% faster than ADFS. The byte access speed increase is well known and is because ADFS has buffered byte read/write. With our IDE interfaces we did address this with a version which had buffering and this was a bit faster than ADFS. However this caused problems with high speed access, and proved incompatible with DMA, so we reverted to unbuffered in/out. This gives maximum data transfer for larger files, i.e. 95% of stuff, and if someone is using a program which does a lot of byte access and which they use frequently then if maximum speed is important just put the data files for that program on an ADFS disc. We did make a special buffered version with no DMA available at one time for people for whom this was the primary requirement. I presume similar problems were encountered by Simtec with the Unipod. BTW the results I get for larger file transfer on a Unipod are quite a bit faster than the ones you show. -- David Holden - APDL - <http://www.apdl.co.uk>
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| From | "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <52b5423566dave@davenoise.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #5937 |
In article <a7cdovFtmqU1@mid.individual.net>,
David Holden <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote:
> BTW the results I get for larger file transfer on a Unipod are quite a
> bit faster than the ones you show.
How does Unipod compare with Blitz? I have two similar machines, one with
Unipod, one with Blitz. Blitz *seems* faster in general use. But I don't
have a test prog to prove it.
--
*I don't have a solution, but I admire your problem. *
Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.
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| From | Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2012-07-26 10:15 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <530e47b552.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk> |
| In reply to | #5937 |
On 26 Jul 2012, "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> wrote: > On 25-Jul-2012, Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > [results not reproduced for brevity] > > > The first group of tests show that, for byte access, IDEFS is, on > > average, more than 60% _slower_ than ADFS. > > > > The second group of tests show that, for load/save operations, IDEFS > > is, on average, about 50% faster than ADFS. > > The byte access speed increase is well known and is because ADFS has > buffered byte read/write. Thanks for the explanation. > With our IDE interfaces we did address this with a version which had > buffering and this was a bit faster than ADFS. However this caused > problems with high speed access, and proved incompatible with DMA, so > we reverted to unbuffered in/out. This gives maximum data transfer for > larger files, i.e. 95% of stuff, and if someone is using a program > which does a lot of byte access and which they use frequently then if > maximum speed is important just put the data files for that program on > an ADFS disc. Where is likely to be the best location for !Boot? > We did make a special buffered version with no DMA available at one > time for people for whom this was the primary requirement. > > I presume similar problems were encountered by Simtec with the Unipod. > > BTW the results I get for larger file transfer on a Unipod are quite a > bit faster than the ones you show. Could the difference be explained by fragmentation? My IDEFS 40GB drive is a mirror of the ADFS 40GB drive, and both are about 55% full, having been in use for several years. I carried out the speed tests twice, each time with near identical results. Tony
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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
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| Date | 2012-07-26 10:22 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <52b542336ccvjazz@waitrose.com> |
| In reply to | #5932 |
In article <a07fe6b452.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>, Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 17 Jul 2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote: > [snip] > > Is there any speed (or other) advantage to having the main Hard Disc 4 > > connected via my Unipod as opposed to the main mother board? I looked > > in Archive for an article about the Unipod and any comparative data > > but couldn't find one. > I've now been able to test my RiscPC/Unipod. Identical Seagate 40GB > ST340015A drives are installed on the motherboard ADFS, and on the > Unipod IDEFS. The results, below, were produced by HDspeed v1.30. > Byte access test, ADFS IDEFS IDEFS > large file size = 8 MB c-sec c-sec /ADFS > Read 50K sequential bytes 8.9 33.4 3.75 > Write 50K sequential bytes 41 61 1.49 > Read 500K sequential bytes 297 342 1.15 > Write 500K sequential bytes 645 631 0.98 > 50 KB file read 1,000 random bytes 28 276 9.86 > 50 KB file write 1,000 random bytes 358 1657 4.63 > Large file read 1,000 random bytes 950 907 0.95 > Large file write 1,000 random bytes 2711 1650 0.61 > Mean 2.93 > Block Load/Save, ADFS IDEFS IDEFS > large file size = 8 MB KB/sec KB/sec /ADFS > Save 50Kb file 956 1543 1.61 > Load 50Kb file 1515 1612 1.06 > Save large block file 1624 2507 1.54 > Load large block file 1890 2832 1.50 > Save/load 50 KB file 1179 1865 1.58 > Save/load 512 KB file 1473 2216 1.50 > Save/load large block file 1743 2661 1.53 > Mean 1.48 > The first group of tests show that, for byte access, IDEFS is, on > average, more than 60% _slower_ than ADFS. > The second group of tests show that, for load/save operations, IDEFS is, > on average, about 50% faster than ADFS. Oooh! Swings & roundabouts, what? Thanks for doing that. Most interesting. I wonder which would be better for overall use. I suppose it would depend on what you mostly use the machine for. Regards, -- Chris Newman
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