Date   : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:22:55 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Box assorted floppies

On 21/07/2010 08:05, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

> FileStores were dog slow, unreliable piles of expensive poo.

Oi! You! Hang on!

Umm... Ummm... Ummm...

Damn.


Best wishes,

Rick.

PS: Actually a fair few 'reliability' problems instantly evaporated if
     your admin:
       1. Uses a REAL clock, not the FileStore's built in one.
       2. Uses REAL termination.
       3. Removes all the clock links to completely disable the FS clock.
     It is often omitting step 3 that is the problem. If there is a fault
     on the network (kids pulling out the clock box lead...) then the FS
     will sense no clock and invoke its own. When the real clock is
     restored by an irate teacher, you'll be looking at a network trying
     to withstand two entirely different clocks.
     And yes, they were *painfully* slow.

-- 
Rick Murray, eeePC901 & ADSL WiFI'd into it, all ETLAs!
BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
E01S FileStore, A3000/A5000/RiscPC/various PCs/blahblah...