From: jpmorgan@unm.edu (James Paul Morgan) Subject: Re: Split file downloads 23 May 1997 01:10:41 -0700 Sender: mail@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Original-To: Carl Lawrence-Slater Original-cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <3381C9BF.5767@h0013.ae.ge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com On Tue, 20 May 1997, Carl Lawrence-Slater wrote: > Also has anybody loaded all of gnu-win32 on a Zip disk? How > bad is the performance over the parallel port? > I run 17.1 for Win95 on my Zip drive because I just don't have the hard drive space right now. The performance is not great. There is a noticible difference between running speed on any program that has to access the drive, plus the initial lag loading up. If you configure programs that create temp files, such as a full compile with g++, to use a temporary directory on your hard drive rather than the Zip drive, it helps. I have never clocked it specifically, so I can't give you any statistics. See ya around the Mulberry bush. --James :) - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".