From: Steppe (steppe_at_demodungeon.com)
Date: 2004-11-10 18:38:17
Ruud,
sorry, what exactly was the point of this posting, I don't really get it...?
Ruud Baltissen wrote:
>> Any positive or negative feedback is welcome! ;-)
>
> - I'm very happy with Star Commander
Fine, me too, except for the reboots.
> - SC can run on an old laptop I have, NT/XP cannot
Could it be your laptop is too old then? Now who is to blame for this
miserable situation, cbm4win or WindowsXP?
> - If I have to use Windows, I use Win98SE which is not supported yet
Fine, you still use an OS that Microsoft has officially ceased to support,
because of its superior stability, security and networking features. But why
should you want cbm4win then - Star Commander works just fine from the DOS
box of Win98...
> - W98SE can start up in DOS mode, NT/XP cannot
Come on, either you start up Win98 or you start up DOS. My (real) DOS boot
disk does just the same. And what kind of argument is this anyway?
This all seems to me like if a man with a very old car is defending himself
in front of an evergrowing mass of BMW drivers "because I need it only for
transportation".
But hey, I'm sure you have your reasons.
> I'm sorry, only negative feedback but then you have at least an idea
> why people do NOT download CBM4WIN.
The latest statistics show that only a mere 6% of all users worldwide still
use Win98 (which I consider a good thing, thinking back how much pain it
caused me). 58% meanwhile use WinXP and another 25% are going for Win2K,
which adds up to a whopping 83% targetting audience for cbm4win.
Your whole posting makes cbm4win look like a niche product for a limited
audience, that nobody with a sane mind (i.e. Win98 users) would need anyway.
Please do a reality check...
> Hmmmm...., CBM4LINUX, CBM4WIN, why not a CBM4DOS? (or has it a
> graphical interface? Sorry but I'm so happy with SC that I even
> didn't snif at other products)
Again, you don't need cbm4win then. Go on using Star Commander, it's a great
piece of software, nobody denies that.
But enough steam vented now, let's get on to some constructive words:
To me cbm4win is the best invention since sliced bread, I've been waiting
for something like this for so many years now! To all the ones who are still
hesitant to try it out and give some feedback, here are my experiences with
the program [1]:
The installation is a piece of cake, just unpack the archive to a dir of
choice, open the commandline and issue a "instcbm" command from the program
directory. "No problems found in current configuration", it said. "Fine", I
thought.
I followed the step-by-step testing guide on the cbm4win website and it did
everything just as expected, headbump included. ;-)
Then I transferred a diskimage to the drive and back from to the PC and it
worked like a breeze [2].
Here's my personal little benchmark. I took the stop watch in my mobile
phone, so give or take a second here and there:
Star Commander (verify off, XMP cable)
===================================
warp write: 31 seconds
warp read: 28 seconds
turbo write: 51 seconds
turbo read: 51 seconds too (huh?)
cbm4win (XMP cable, freshly tested with v0.11)
===================================
warp write: 36 seconds
warp read: 31 seconds
turbo write: 60 seconds
turbo read: 57 seconds
Ok, I hope I could convince some of you to give this program a shot and give
Spiro some more feedback.
Regards,
Steppe
[1] I use the program for about a week now and have transferred about 20
disks so far. No problems whatsoever.
[2] I'm a commandline idiot, but the parameters are logical, easy to
remember and well documented both with a -h help switch and also on the
website. Do not fear.
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