Re: Emplant and MacPPP on Amiga serial?

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From: Patrick Sheffield
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 03:31

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>ShapeShifter (demo) runs MacPPP/MacTCP really well, but it's
>*incredibly* slow.  I assume this is because I'm running off of a
>virtual disk, but I don't know for sure.  If ShapeShifter has decent
>performance, I'll register it immediately and retire Emplant.  Does
>anyone have any performance comparisons, or advice on what to do?

Yes, your assumption is correct. SS is slow using filedisks, but seems every
bit as fast as Emplant (which I am currently using only as an additional pair
of serial ports and scsi controller).

Yes, you can use your emplant formatted hard drive under SS, and MacPPP works
just fine.

Patrick Sheffield

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Subject: Re: Emplant and MacPPP on Amiga serial?
Date: 18 Apr 1996 03:31:12 GMT
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