Re: [Rpcemu] RISC OS 5.17 benchmarked against 4.02

In message <6d72a5e352.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>
Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 24 Oct 2012, george greenfield <george.greenfield@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> [snip speed tests]
>
>> At the moment 4.02 is my primary RPCEmu setup; it has networking, a
>> HardDisc4 (necessary for Photodesk to run)
>
> I know nothing about Photodesk, but why does it need HardDisc4? Is that
> path 'hard-wired' into the application?

Possibly (I don't know anything about the programme's internal
workings): what I do know is that any attempt to run !Photodesk from
HostFS brings up the error message 'Filing system does not support
this operation'. A pity really; RPCEmu/5.XX running on a fast PC/Mac
would be ideal for !Photodesk, given the memory and disk access
performance.

[snip]
> Moreover, if it
> becomes corrupted, RPCEmu hd4 can cause a major problem, since it cannot
> then be accessed via RPCEmu, and the only way out is to delete it.

You can install !Disknight on HostFS, and it will fix HD4 disk
corruption problems - I've done so several times and would recommend
it.

>
>> I tend to use 5.17 for graphics-intensive stuff (just done a 24-page
>> calendar using OvPro which produced an 82MB file). Given these
>> results, I can see benefit in shifting activity further towards 5.XX,
>> but the lack of HD4 is a bit of a showstopper.
>
> Why? Here, RPCEmu089/519 (16-Jul-12) works perfectly well, using HostFS
> for boot, and storage. BTW it also has networking.
>
Indeed: that's good. But as it seems HD4 is essential to run
!Photodesk, which is my photo-retouching/image manipulation app of
choice, it's a drawback for me.

George
--
george greenfield

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