[iyonix-support] Re: USB mass storage drivers
- From: Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:24:52 +0000 (GMT)
On Fri 05 Feb, george wrote:
>
> In message <d799e8e450.jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> rickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > A short while ago I was looking into installing the faster USB drivers
> > the Jeffrey Lee described on Icon Bar.
> >
> > Then came the discovery that the Iyonix was related to the Tardis and
> > could travel in time and there was much broughhahha
> >
> > In the ensuing excitement I forgot all about the USB improvements, but
> > would now like to take advantage of them.
> >
> > Did they come with the 5.16 ROM? or do they have to be obtained and
> > installed separately?
> >
> They are separate: go to
> https://www.riscosopen.org/content/downloads/other-zipfiles
> and download HardDisk4 (RISC OS 5 disc image, including boot sequence
> and applications. Instructions how to proceed and benchmarks are
> covered in TIB's feature by Jeffrey Lee ("New Iyonix USB mass storage
> drivers released" dated 1 Nov '09). The only thing I'd suggest is to
> keep your 'old' SCSFS driver (renamed 'oldSCSIFS' or suchlike) in case
> you hit problems and want to uninstall the new driver. With the new
> drivers I'm getting read-write speeds of around 2.5MB/sec down to 64Kb
> block-size with a 2GB Sandisk Extreme CompactFlash card, which is
> about 5x faster than before....
I was surprised that the faster USB modules weren't included in 5.16
Are they still considered beta or ?
Chris Evans
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