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(22:13 12/7/2000)
jess (08:54 13/7/2000)
alib (09:04 13/7/2000)
The Doctor (19:55 13/7/2000)
alib (21:29 13/7/2000)
ToiletDuck (21:08 22/7/2000)
The Doctor (21:14 24/7/2000)
alib (08:31 25/7/2000)
[mentat] (10:33 3/8/2000)
jess (14:21 9/8/2000)
The Doctor (00:33 10/8/2000)
jess (07:33 10/8/2000)
The Doctor (09:30 10/8/2000)
jess (10:11 10/8/2000)
[mentat] (11:32 10/8/2000)
archavenge (22:27 13/8/2000)
BrianH (21:57 26/8/2000)
archavenge (22:25 13/8/2000)
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The Doctor |
Message #1547, posted at 22:13, 12/7/2000 |
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If the APDL Blitz ideA interface allows transfers of upto 7mb/sec, then how slow is the standard RPC ide? |
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jess |
Message #1548, posted at 08:54, 13/7/2000, in reply to message #1547 |
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An OLD ISA PC could manage about 1.5, with a good HD, I assume the RPC is similar. |
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alib |
Message #1549, posted at 09:04, 13/7/2000, in reply to message #1548 |
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I don't have the figures to had which I did for Risc User but I remember that the RiscPC's IDE bus managed a maximum of around 3MB/sec if you were lucky. There must be other bottlenecks present though because using the Blitz interface also sped up my CD drive which didn't reach the 3MB/sec limit on the Acorn interface yet was still a bit faster on Blitz. The difference is quite astounding though, it's not just straight application loading and filer ops which get faster with a better interface either - mail/news reading and WWW (if you use disc cacheing) are also sped up. Basically, if you have the money, go for the upgrade. Bear in mind also that the HD you got with your machine will be very small now and will probably peak at around 4.5MB transfer rate. Cheers,
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The Doctor |
Message #1550, posted at 19:55, 13/7/2000, in reply to message #1549 |
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My God!
I had no idea they were THAT slow.
On that basis, It would make a lot of sense to buy the Blitz!Unfortunately, the other reason to buy it is for the support of 4 IDE devices.
Which leads me to that awful case. Has anyone else succeeded in fitting a RPC motherboard into a PC case?
If not, I shall be the first! (Hopefully) |
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alib |
Message #1551, posted at 21:29, 13/7/2000, in reply to message #1550 |
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APDL usually have a RiscPC (or some RISC OS machine) that they've put into a standard tower ATX case at the shows to do order processing and general demo stuff. If you look, it's always there, running RISC OS. Dunno what's inside it but I suspect it's RiscPC or A7000 because they had it prior to the release of RiscStation/Mico. Cheers,
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Message #1552, posted by ToiletDuck at 21:08, 22/7/2000, in reply to message #1551 |
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for fast disk access you could try the castle technology Storm 32 SCSi card which peaks at about 6mb/s but is pretty fast for everyday usage (in risc pc terms) ;-) |
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The Doctor |
Message #1553, posted at 21:14, 24/7/2000, in reply to message #1552 |
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A Blitz ideA interface has been purchased!
Should arrive soon.
Next job is to shoehorn the RPC mobo into the PC case.Next Question!
Can anyone recommend a program similar to Corel Draw for RiscOS?
I am aware of Photodesk, but frankly this is way too expensive for me. Are there any others? Cheers! |
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alib |
Message #1554, posted at 08:31, 25/7/2000, in reply to message #1553 |
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Hiya, By 'similar to Corel Draw', are you implying you want a drawing program (vector based) as opposed to a painting program (bitmap based)? If so, then ArtWorks or Cerilicia's still-to-be-released Vantage are both well-regarded. Infact, the PC port of ArtWorks was bought by Corel because they felt it was too much like competition (CorelXara). The company that made ArtWorks, Computer Concepts has now re-branded itself as Xara and is publishing all sorts of stuff for the PC. Cheers,
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I don't have tourettes you're just a cun |
Message #1555, posted by [mentat] at 10:33, 3/8/2000, in reply to message #1554 |
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Or indeed, the fantabulous !Draw You can achieve some surprisingly good results with Draw, it just takes a little longer (for some things) than Artworks-type packages. But the program itself nips along rather well compared to, say, anything at all on a PC! ROR!
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jess |
Message #1556, posted at 14:21, 9/8/2000, in reply to message #1555 |
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Does anyone have any ideas on why my RPC (600 with RO4 SA233, 16 bit sound upgrade and castle storm, with RO4 firmware upgrade)locks when I try to print to a postscript printer. (It locked before I upgraded to ROS4/SA). Could it be the timing error I have heard about on old RPCs? If so how could I check and what is the solution? |
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The Doctor |
Message #1557, posted at 00:33, 10/8/2000, in reply to message #1556 |
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I need a program that lets me load various pictures (jpg,gif,bmp etc)onto the page, rotate them, resize them and so on, and then I want to save the picture that I have built up as a jpg or gif file (or sprite/bmp).
I was told that Photodesk would let me do this, but it costs more than I can justify spending.
Besides, I don't think I need something THAT powerfull.Is there anything that can do this for me? Also, I now have a working email system, but;-
How can I get POPstar to load automatically when I load Messenger? (It would save an extra double click!) Cheers!
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jess |
Message #1558, posted at 07:33, 10/8/2000, in reply to message #1557 |
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I use draw to do that, then intergif to convert it. (It usually works better with the mask turned off. |
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The Doctor |
Message #1559, posted at 09:30, 10/8/2000, in reply to message #1558 |
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I thought Draw couldn't load Jpeg, bitmaps and thing like that? |
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jess |
Message #1560, posted at 10:11, 10/8/2000, in reply to message #1559 |
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it can load jpgs, every thing else gets dropped in via changefsi. |
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I don't have tourettes you're just a cun |
Message #1561, posted by [mentat] at 11:32, 10/8/2000, in reply to message #1560 |
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Absolutley! Don't underestimate the power of
!Draw :)You can easily convert many formats to sprites with ChangeFSI and drop them into Draw, which is perfect for manipulating the images. You can then take a screenshot with !Paint to save the whole lot as one Sprite, which can be converted back to a Jpeg (ChangeFSI) or bitmap or Gif using other conversion programs... :) Doesn't ROR? |
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archavenge |
Message #1562, posted at 22:25, 13/8/2000, in reply to message #1550 |
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A friend of mine has had a fully tower PC case, which over the years has housed his A3000, an A5000 and a RiscPC - I think it's full of CD-Rom/RW drives - some people eh? Ryan
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archavenge |
Message #1563, posted at 22:27, 13/8/2000, in reply to message #1560 |
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Even better, Draw with ImageFS² installed - the envy of every PC user - even though IMHO ImageFS should have been built into RiscOS 4 (not just bundled with it) Regards,
Ryan
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BrianH |
Message #1564, posted at 21:57, 26/8/2000, in reply to message #1555 |
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!Draw is indeed an extremely powerful vector graphics package, but the interface is showing its age. The addition of DrawWorks New Millenium from ISV products makes it so much easier to use. You also have the likes of !Vector (bundled with RO4). |
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