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- From: psheffield@earthlink.net (Patrick Sheffield)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Emplant and MacPPP on Amiga serial?
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 03:31:12 GMT
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- >ShapeShifter (demo) runs MacPPP/MacTCP really well, but it's
- >*incredibly* slow. I assume this is because I'm running off of a
- >virtual disk, but I don't know for sure. If ShapeShifter has decent
- >performance, I'll register it immediately and retire Emplant. Does
- >anyone have any performance comparisons, or advice on what to do?
-
- Yes, your assumption is correct. SS is slow using filedisks, but seems every
- bit as fast as Emplant (which I am currently using only as an additional pair
- of serial ports and scsi controller).
-
- Yes, you can use your emplant formatted hard drive under SS, and MacPPP works
- just fine.
-
- Patrick Sheffield
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