[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC Suddenly Become Very Slow

[Mik Towse]

In article <1E603E497B5849499AD8457689E27E67 at philipsdesktop> T.O.M.S. wrote:

> 
> On Mon Jul 21 13:28:34 BST 2014, Mik Towse mik.towse at xemik.com
> sayeth: 
> > I have seen it a few times before & often wonder if it's becuase the
> > VRPC HDDs live on a USB drive.
> Forgive me (again) if I'm getting hold of the wrong end of the stick
> (again...), but are you saying that the in-use VirtualRPC 'HardDisc4'
> file is situated on a plug-in USB drive?
Yes, all VRPC drives are on the USB.

> If so, where is the remainder of the in-use VirtualRPC installation
> (i.e. the Models folder, the VA file, the RomSets folder, the PlugIns
> folder, and so on)? Is that also on the plug-in USB drive?
No, to reinterate. Both PCs have a legit' copy of VRPC-SA installed on C: &
when in use, it is this that is run using the same VRPC HDDs on the USB
drive.

When I discussed this wih Aaaron many moons ago, he suggested just getting
the basic VRPC for the second PC since I was only going to use it for email
whilst away. But I decided it was safer to use the same version on both.

[snip]
> Last comment: You keep mentioning the MIPS being up and down like the
> proverbial. I don't profess to begin to understand the MIPS readout
> when running VirtualRPC in a window (we always run ours in full-screen
> mode) but the wide variations in displayed MIPS seem to be a
> completely normal phenomenon. I may be totally wrong on that however.
This does seem to be my experience. VRPC only seems to slow down mainly when
Fps drops.

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