| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 27 May 2001 at 20:04:42 |
| Subject: | Re: What to get for an A4k? |
On 27-May-01, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got an A4k a while ago, but I find that it is sooooo slow it's
> unbelievable.
The onboard IDE and the onboard RAM are both slow.
> The machine boots from the IDE drive, and takes quite a while to boot.
>
> I was thinking of spending a little bit of money on it to make it
> more useable, but I am not too sure whats up.
>
> Should I get a faster hard disk? Buffered IDE interface? Perhaps get
> PFS3?
You might check the block sizes on the partitions. 2k is good for
Workbench (lots of small files) and something a bit bigger for the other
partitions. You can also increase the number of buffers (Addbuffers in
Startup-sequence).
NB you have to reformat the partition if you change the block size.
> Perhaps switch from the IDE interface to the SCSI card? However I
> dunno how to get it to autoboot? Or if you can! Anyone got an A4000D
> with an autobooting DataFlyer 4000SX?
It should boot fine from a SCSI drive if you set up the WB partition on
the SCSI to be the priority boot drive.
> Will getting a full 040 CPU (i.e. one with FPU) will give a big
> performance boost?
Not really. What you need is RAM on the CPU board.
> Cyberstorm 060's and Cyberstorm PPC's are a bit TOO expensive, even
> second hand :(
I got a Cyberstorm Mk II for free recently. People are beginning to
throw out Amiga gear. Keep your eyes open.
I doubt if it's worth spending money on a Cyberstorm now, it would make
more sense to see if Elbox bring out a tower-PCI-PPC kit for the A4000
that runs AmigaOS 4. That will cost more but be much more up to date.
AmigaInc are promising a faster version of FFS for AmigaOS 4.
Regards
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