[Coco] Drivewire on an older computer via USB

[Aaron Wolfe]

This does sound like a broken computer.  A USB thumb drive should not
perform better than the internal hard drive, and a computer with those
specs should not have any trouble running Drivewire.
 On Jan 31, 2015 9:50 AM, "Francis Swygert" <farna at att.net> wrote:

>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:51:44 -0800
> From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
>
> The computer I use for my drivewire server is an older computer.  It's a
> 997mhz Pentium 3 with 512 megs of memory running XP service pack 2.
>
> Drivewire, more specifically java, strains my system to the limit at times.
> Consequently drivewire crashes on my system quite easily if the stars are
> not aligned just right.
>
> I've limited that somewhat by giving java all the memory it wants - which
> it
> seems to like, and occasionally takes.
>
> But recently I moved my drivewire directory and my Coco directory (it holds
> all my .dsk files) to a USB 2.0 thumbdrive and everything is running so
> much
> smoother and reliably as a result.  There seems to be a slight increase in
> speed, but it may be just the amazing increase in the smoothness of the
> system that may make it just appear to be faster.
>
> So, putting your stuff on a thumbdrive may make things run smoother for you
> if you're having issues.
>
> ===================================
>
> Sounds like you may have a hard drive or controller issue. Could just be
> the drive controller driver or the way Java accesses the HD, I suppose. If
> it's the driver or controller this may only work on certain models of
> computers. Still, this is a good tip that may help someone with an older
> computer. Hmm... maybe it's the way Java accesses the thumbdrive....
>
>
> Frank Swygert
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