[Virtualacorn-list] New Beta HostFS for VirtualRPC on Mac OS X

[ATimbrell at aol.com]

In a message dated 19/02/2009 14:08:28 GMT Standard Time, tim at powys.org  
writes:

>> >I have repeated the tests that I last did in  August of  last year which
>> >measured some disc access speeds to >be well  below that of an  Iyonix.
>> >The speeds are now anything from  twice to ninety times those of an  
Iyonix:
>> >(HFS stands for  Host Filing System)
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>  I never saw these orginal tests :-(
>> Were they forwarded to  me?

>Yes.  And Site Admin (you?) responded:

>   "It's quite possible that you are accidentally ending up checking
>   the speed of BASIC itself. Included with VRPC is the APDL Disc  Speed
>  checking program - run this on both machines. Remember to  test from
>  HostFS on the VRPC - ADFS will be much slower and is  there for
>  compatability purposes with some applications (Sibelius,  FontDirPro)"

>This was on the Forum.
 
Whoops :-) So I did - however my comments would still seem to be
correct - any test ends up giving results based on the slowest
component, in the case above BASIC.
 
Aaron