[Rpcemu] Networking RO5.19

With help from Tony Moore, and observing the letter of the marutan
website setup instructions, I have now got RPCEmu 0810/519 networking
reliably, so that the installation is able to access the outside world
and the rest of my home network in the same way as my 089/402
installation.

Points to note (applicable obviously to my base system, a Win7/64-bit
PC, with a 'rpcemu only' wired connection to the router, while the PC
Windows side and all other devices connect wirelessly, and not
necessarily in any other circumstances):

- 0810/519 /never/ connects the first time of booting; the second
attempt (not using the 'restart' button, but a complete relaunch)
almost always connects, and if not, a third attempt invariably works.
In this respect 0810/519 behaves identically to my 089/402
installation. The connection once up seems to be stable, and the
Windows side does not need to be reset between reboots. LanMan98 works
identically to 089/402.

- Going by ROMark, 0810/519 seems to be slightly faster than 089/519,
by about 5% overall apart from HD access, which is welcome.

- Running a fairly recent version of NetSurf (3.1 Dev#1122) with JS
enabled, the app takes about a minute to load for the first time after
startup - it's as if it was parsing fonts (but there's no indication
that it is doing this). During this time, MIPS remain at 'idle'
levels: +/- 4-5 MIPS. When it has been run once, it can be quit and
relaunched at normal speed, and in use it behaves normally and seems
just as quick (but not noticeably quicker) than a parallel
installation on 089/402. The usual !Boot and !System NetSurf modules,
and IConv, have been installed. I can't explain this behaviour - has
anyone else encountered it? NetSurf 2.9 behaves identically. The only
difference is that NetSurf is resident on HostFS under 0810/519 but on
HardDisc4 under 089/402.

Anyway, the good news is that, on my setup at least, the latest OS
version can now connect with the outside world.

George

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george greenfield

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