Re: Another ZipGSX Mod Success!

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <BPadnfjOToPjQZfanZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Steven Hirsch  <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm trying to zero in on the problem.  If I slow the ZipGS down to 50% (of 
>12.5 MHz.) it stays connected all day.  The Zip manual does mention the 
>requirement for setting 87% speed on an 8MHz ZipGS when using Appletalk so 
>that's roughly equivalent.  I think there are some critical timing loops 
>buried in the client code.

Oh?  I have an 8-MHz ZipGS (with 64K cache) connected to netatalk on one of
my Linux boxen through a GatorBox CS.  I keep it running at maximum speed
except when I need to knock it all the way back to 1 MHz for whatever
purpose, and the only time I get disconnected from the server is when I hit
Ctrl-Reset while running at 1 MHz.  As near as I can tell, it'll stay
connected all day while running at 8 MHz.

I am using the "LinuxShare" NDA to connect to the server, as there's some
case-sensitivity issue (IIRC) that keeps the AppleShare NDA from talking to
netatalk.  Maybe netatalk can be patched to work with the AppleShare NDA; I
think I had a patched netatalk working with it a few years ago.  (At this
point, it's nice to just be able to "emerge netatalk" and not have to screw
with things too much on the server side. :-) )

Since the GatorBox is supposed to be able to translate from NFS to AFP, I
might give that a shot next...but that's starting to drift off-topic.

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