Subject: Re: Latest Netatalk (1.5rc1)
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: J. Benedict <raoul@olympus.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/18/2001 02:35:12
>At 8:22 PM -0800 12/17/01, J. Benedict wrote:
>>  >On Monday, December 17, 2001, at 07:23  pm, Brian Heath wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Just wondering if anyone has tried any of the latest Netatalk builds
>>>>  available out on SourceForge. 1.5rc1 was just posted today and I'm
>>>>  wondering
>>>>  if its worth upgrading from 1.4+asun.
>>
>>I'm looking for a little faster AppleShare performance.  I have my NetBSD
>>box on a network with 'genuine' AppleShare servers (OS X Server) and the
>>speed difference between the two is amazing.
>>
>>Is this new release any faster?
>
>Ummmm, perhaps the difference has more to do with the fact that the 
>absolute fastest machine that qualifies as "port-mac68k" is an 80 Mhz 
>68040 CISC chip. And the absolute SLOWEST machine that can run OSXS 
>is a 233 Mhz G3.

All true and maybe I shouldn't have made that comparison.  However,
Netatalk is knowm to be kind of slow.  I'm wondering if this new version is
any faster than previous versions.

Sorry for the confusion.

Jeff

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