A few more observations...
The NuTech card is a PPC G3 version, which I am guessing makes the 83 MhZ difference even more pronounced in terms of performance over my original PB1400c/166.
PB1400c/166 603e 32MB RAM with spinning platter 2GB hard drive vs. PB1400c/166 603e 64MB RAM with 2GB CF Card. Both machines running identical installs of OS8.6.
Winner: CF Card. I was on the desktop making things happen at 1:20 while the hard drive on the other machine was chugging away until 2:20. Putting the NuTech extension back into the extensions folder only increased the gap. I was making things happen at just over one minute. I'm not going to use virtual memory as a nod to the cf card longevity/endurance/mtbf controversy, though, but well worth it in my mind.
Best,
John
The NuTech card is a PPC G3 version, which I am guessing makes the 83 MhZ difference even more pronounced in terms of performance over my original PB1400c/166.
PB1400c/166 603e 32MB RAM with spinning platter 2GB hard drive vs. PB1400c/166 603e 64MB RAM with 2GB CF Card. Both machines running identical installs of OS8.6.
Winner: CF Card. I was on the desktop making things happen at 1:20 while the hard drive on the other machine was chugging away until 2:20. Putting the NuTech extension back into the extensions folder only increased the gap. I was making things happen at just over one minute. I'm not going to use virtual memory as a nod to the cf card longevity/endurance/mtbf controversy, though, but well worth it in my mind.
Best,
John