Author: jeff (oh-lyndhurst2a-114.clvhoh.adelphia.net)
Date: 01-02-2002 04:07
Did someone really say that MiNT+NAES is faster than Magic? I've never heard that before. That sounds a bit silly, but...
MiNT is reasonable quick. MiNT probably has significantly more overhead than Magic. And I think MiNT+NAES is faster than MiNT+AES4.1, which is definitely true. And I wouldn't use GEMBench for comparing speeds. I've been told over and over again that it is a truly unfair benchmark and is not a good measure of system performance.
About your issues:
1. Speed: What kernel are you using? I'm using FreeMiNT 1.15.12, the latest stable release. Newer kernels are supposed to be faster. Also, how much memory do you have on the TT? I found that my upgrade to an Aixit Magnum TT-RAM board with 64 MB from an Atari 16 MB TT-RAM board improved system speed significatly, by about 50% or more in some situations.
2. Long File Names: What software are you using as a hard disk driver? For long file names under MiNT, you need to have XHDI compatibility, which means you need CBHD or HDDriver. Atari and ICD products will not provide this. Period. I'm using the newest MiNT kernel (which has VFAT built in) and I have absolutely no problems using long filnames on my VFAT partitions.
I think the reason may people prefer MiNT to Magic is because it's free and it provides a nearly complete POSIX-compliant UNIX enviroment. Magic might be faster, but I want the ability to use a UNIX command line with the full UNIX command set and a complete USIX-like directory structure. They say MiNT is better at disk access, but I don't know any details about this. The latest MiNT kernels seem pretty damn quick at disk access. Maybe there are more file systems available for MiNT. I know MiNT can use TOS, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, Minix, ext2, nfs, and Amiga, but I have no idea what is available on Magic.
If you like Magic better and think it's so much faster, why not just use it? Sound like you're quite partial to it. The only thing MiNT offers beyond Magic is better POSIX-compiance and a UNIX-like environment.
Keep us updated! Good luck with MiNT! It can be a real pain in the ass to get right sometimes, no matter what anyone says ;-)
jeff
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