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3 total messages Started by Stuart Boutell Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:20

RISC OS 3.1 - Making it go quicker.

#612

Author: Stuart Boutell
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:20

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I recently fitted RISC OS 3.1, and it felt slower to me too. 

If you want it to 'feel' as fast as it did under RISC OS 2,
RMFaster the following modules before entering the desktop, in
approx. decreasing order of subjective speed improvement:

	WindowManager
	WindowUtils
	FontManager
	MessageTrans

Moving windows, redraws, etc, now seem almost as fast as RISC OS 2,
all for the price of a couple of hundred Kb of RAM. 

Most importantly, the boot-up title page gets drawn _much_ faster. :-)

If you use Ran's version of !Usage, then if you RmFaster FilterManager
as well, !Usage uses half as many CPU cycles obtaining the usage
information.

Seasons Greetings,
Stuart

PS Don't use rmkill on MessageTrans or Resourcefs. Loosing either
of these modules leaves the machine in a very undesirable condition...

-- 
Stuart Boutell, Spider Systems Ltd, Edinburgh - stuartb@spider.co.uk

Re: RISC OS 3.1 - Making it go quicker.

#634

Author: Roy Donaldson
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:37

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In article <1992Dec14.102039.21603@spider.co.uk> stuartb@spider.co.uk (Stuart Boutell) writes:
>
>PS Don't use rmkill on MessageTrans or Resourcefs. Loosing either
>of these modules leaves the machine in a very undesirable condition...
>
>-- 
>Stuart Boutell, Spider Systems Ltd, Edinburgh - stuartb@spider.co.uk

How'd you find that out Stuart ? Personal experience ? :)


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RISC OS 3.1 - Making it go quicker.

#651

Author: Hugo Fiennes
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 23:55

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In article <1992Dec14.102039.21603@spider.co.uk> stuartb@spider.co.uk writes:

>
>I recently fitted RISC OS 3.1, and it felt slower to me too. 
>
>If you want it to 'feel' as fast as it did under RISC OS 2,
>RMFaster the following modules before entering the desktop, in
>approx. decreasing order of subjective speed improvement:
>
>        WindowManager
>        WindowUtils
>        FontManager
>        MessageTrans
>
I thought the RO3.1 ROMs were run 'flat out' ie at 12Mhz on fast bus
machines (or 8Mhz on slower ones)? Things like the Clib will be slower
too :-(

Hugo

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