[Virtualacorn-list] 2 instigations of VA-RPC on same computer??

[pd.miller1 at tiscali.co.uk]

>Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:07:04 GMT
>Roger Darlington 
<rogerarm at freeuk.com> wrote:
>
<snip>
>
>> This problem has been
>> 
noted in the topic 'Filer Problem' posted to
>> the VirtualAcorn
>> 
VirtualRPC-AdjustSA support forum.
>
>> More than 255 files in a 
directory
>> will cause the problem. As pointed
>> out in the last post 
of that thread,
>> it is a RISC OS problem that is
>> corrected in 
later versions of RISC OS.
>> So, one solution is to upgrade
>> to RISC 
OS 6. I decided to spend the
>> money and am now using RISC OS Select

>> 6.20 with three VA-RPC-Adjust-SA
>> systems, all using the Strongarm

>> processor model, RAM set to 256MB, and
>> none of them have the 
problem.
>> Regards,
>
>> Pete Miller.
>
>Aha, many thanks
>
>I KNEW 
there was a problem here. So many other skeptics or deniers  

>around...
>
>But before I splash out on RO 6.2, I would need to know 
if I can set 
>256MB RAM on a ARM7500 processor model (because I need

>16MB VRAM),
>
Hmm. That's why you're using the ARM7500 processor 
model.
>
>otherwise, if not, there is no point for me to go to RO 
>6.
2, since I already have 176MB RAM +16MB ROM set without problems 
>from 
the filer.
>
Perhaps it would be a good idea to stick with your current 
setup,

I tried using the ARM7500 processor model with RISC OS 6.20 and 
got the same
symptoms as described in the topic 'Risc OS 6 Display 
Problem' in the
VirtualAcorn VirtualRPC-AdjustSA support forum. It 
looks like the situation
concerning RISC OS 6 with the ARM7500 
processor model hasn't changed since then,
and the comments in that 
topic on VRAM limits still apply - 8MB for RISC OS 6,
or use the 
ARM7500 processor model with an appropriate earlier version of RISC OS.

There doesn't appear to be any later comment on the matter.


Regards,


Pete Miller.