On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:03 AM Fritz Mueller via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > > FWIW, I maintain a Windows VM (on a MacOS X host) for the sole purpose of > running PDP11GUI, and I use an USA19H USB serial dongle connected through > to the VM as a serial interface. I don't know if something about this > setup is particularly detrimental to PDP11GUI transfer performance? It > takes me >3hrs to write a 2.5mb pack this way (at 9600 baud), or a little > over 1hr to read one back. Do others see similar throughput with these > tools? > Yes. PDP11GUI is a great tool but it is extremely slow for dumping disks. It's not your setup. I restored an RL02 pack this way once (at 9600bps) and it took a very long time (I didn't time it but it was well over 6 hours). Compare this with restoring an RK05 pack on my PDP-8 using dumprest, which takes just about an hour... - Josh > > --FritzM. > >
