lou_dias wrote:
MskoDestny wrote:
Well 10Mb/s may be fast for internet access, but it's incredibly slow for pulling files of any consequence over the network. Even 100Mb/s feels slow compared to a local disk.
Honestly - have you ever worked in an office environment with a LAN and accessed applications from mapped network drives? You are telling me that moving 1.2 MEGABYTES per second is too slow? :roll: And just how big are the files that you are playing with? 10Mb/s is equivalent to an 8 speed CDROM but without spin up times or long seek times - so effectively much MUCH faster.
Nobody uses 10Mbit networks in office environments any more (unless they're stuck with vintage hardware and cabling!) - they are way too slow unless you've only got a small office and a handful of very light network users.
Although, in theory, 10Mbit networks support 1.2Mb/sec transfer, you'll typically get around 80% utilisation, bringing that down to 1Mb/sec, and that's excluding network protocol overheads and any other traffic.
I don't even use 10Mbit/sec at home, it's just too painfully slow, especially when transferring video files which can be up to a few Gb in size.
Anyway... back on topic! 10Mbit/sec is probably tolerable for direct streaming of data to the Gamecube, though some of the forums have reported that even on a 100Mbit network, playback of in-game videos in this way is a bit choppy.
Oh and they do have Gamecube keyboards as well as adapters for ps/2 keyboards/mice through the controller port.
It's great that the GC Linux port utilises these.
Has anyone attempted a UAE port to GC Linux? Would the GC's hardware be capable of running an emulated Amiga at a reasonable speed?
- Ali
