Re: [WinMac] SFM on Alpha

Doug Riddels(driddels[at]OSD.WEDNET.EDU)
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:28:29 -0700

Jamie Stotz wrote:
>
> I have a dual 275MHz DEC Alpha server running NT4,SP3, SFM hotfix. I am using
> it as a prepress file server and print spooler. My main problem is the time it
> takes to despool print files over Appletalk (100baseT). In a recent test it
> took 600 seconds to output a 130MB spool file to an Appletalk queue published
> by a Sun Sparc20. It took about half that time when I did a similar test on a
> single processor 200MHz pentium.

My only experience with Win-Mac network printing was that having the NT
server capture the printer never seemed to work. The Macs were never
able to print. Other sites in our district concluded likewise.

> Someone told me that Windows NT runs in emulation mode on Alpha processors. Is
> this true? Would that account for the difference in spooling times. Does
> anyone have any other ideas?

Alpha NT is native code. 32-bit wintel applications can be run through
the FX!32 emulator, which has a reputation as a very fast, efficient and
robust optimizer/emulator (and is being built into the 5.0 release for
Alpha).

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Doug Riddels             Technology Support Technician
driddels@osd.wednet.edu            Olympia High School
360.753.8811                               Olympia, WA
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