[Virtualacorn-list] Incompatible host

[Chris Newman]

In article <1UTFbkO9AX.2Q6NvpnJJTz at desktop-9ht27pj>, T.O.M.S. via
Virtualacorn-list <virtualacorn-list at riscository.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi folks

> I'll try to tie together several points from the last 5 posts:

> - Chris C said:

> > Is there any pressing reason why [VirtualRPC] should be in the c drive?

> Setting aside that's the 'official' location in the VirtualAcorn bible,
> another thought is whether the prevalence of SSDs for drive C: means it's
> any quicker? When Jim N and I were updating the comparative performance
> data in VirtualRPC In Use last autumn, we looked at this in more detail on
> 4 similar 'power' PCs, each running VirtualRPC on SSDs (C:), SATA3 HDDs
> (D:) and plug-in USB SATA2 drives (F:).

> There was negligible difference in start-up times when running VirtualRPC
> direct from the 3 different media, or in most of the tests listed in Chap
> 1 of the main booklet. But on tests when loading and saving large files
> (say 30MB or more), it was noticeably faster on the SSDs - although no
> more than 25% on the stopwatch. So *in practice*, my personal view is
> there's not much to be gained.

Mine is on a partition of the SSD, not on a separate drive, so the speed
should be the same.

-- 
Chris