| From: | Bill Eaves |
| Date: | 22 Mar 2001 at 14:36:45 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
Hello Alan
> new ROMS (plus the incurred cost) would have indeed been the ideal
> solution. I wonder how much this was not thought about :-|
Probably not enough :(
I think the cost of a ROM or y EPROMs would not be too much. It would be
worth it as far as I am concerned.
> anyway, I still recall having to boot workbench 1.3 et al from floppy
> disks..... over a minute for the A500 to boot up.
That's why the floppy as a boot medium died a long time ago.
> complain about my A1200 boot time which is still a factor of 3 faster than
> my gf's WinME box (whoah, they more than halved boottime, still slow!)
It just shows how bad PCs are then and how people have become accustomed to
lengthy boot times. You would not accept the same for any other electrical
appliance - and that includes those that do run software.
>> It seems computing just gets slower every year :-(
>> I suppose that's 'progress' for you ;)
> ummm...people expect MORE from their machines each year, but expect the
> setup time to be same of faster? get real, you've got to live with one
> side of the coin, or the other
No, I think people have just become too accepting of slow boot ups. The
software that is needed to run the system should be available very quickly.
Applications can be loaded as and when you need tham but the software
laoded at startup should be on ROM, Eprom, FlashROM or some similar device.
> incidentally, have you ever tried cutting/improving your boot time?
> a HUGE amount of time is spent copying large envarc:'s to env:
> if you install "happyenv" it slices boottime down by several seconds
I have used HappyEnv for years and it is very good for shortenning the boot
time. I also tend not to have too much in my WBStartup drawer too -
currently only 4 tools.
Removing DOpus would help a lot but then I need the functionality. If only
H&P had put the OS and the bulk of Magellan on ROM I'd be very happy.
> I reduced my WBStartup from 23 tools
> to just 5. my system is just as productive (oh, and 5x more stable! 8-) )
I'll agree with that, I only have 4 :o)
And the same about the S-S too.
Its the time taken before this stuff even starts that gets me. Resets seem
to add about 20 seconds or so before anything even starts, so I avoid them
if at all possible.
Regards,
Bill.
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