SCSI II & Networks
>> Are you rendering to memory and then doing a simultaneous disk save/frame
dump to tape? Give me a little bit more info and I'll see if I can't help more.
I rendered to the hard drive then use disk to VTR to record the frames to tape.
Time with ISA bus with 4 meg cache ctrl. is 3 frames per minute. Current time
with EISA bus no cache is 2 FPM. There is about a 7-9 second read time per
frame that I have now eliminated by using smartdrive. I just ordered the half
meg module for the DPT which I'll try before spending for the 4 meg memory
module. This is an important issue because over the course of the project it
could save a couple of days of time on the machine. That's translated into a
couple of days the VTR is sitting on pause, right?
Good points about bus speed. I just used the ECU program and selected defaults
for everything. EISA is new to me so I'm learning one step at a time and I've
got customers waiting in the middle of all this, so I have to be careful not to
bite off more than I can chew. For now the network is a minor problem but I
thought I'd mention it. The DPT is the only EISA card in the system.
Interesting about your switch and the power flux problem. I'll have to open
the box and trace the wiring to see if that is possible. Now, the cpu's
speaker beeps and keyboards lock up as you stated. I'm going to check this out
today. It's a good lead. Thanks.
>> Also what does your bootup looklike with regards to the DPT?
I get the copyright statement that according to the manual indicates OK!
Then I get a list of drives with some nomenclature listed, I,m not sure how to
interpret yet. Then into config.sys stuff.
Don't hit your thumb with the hammer!<g>
Don (kicking those hurricanes up north) Landis