from the readme :

Tiny Roadshow update with improved MorphOS support (15.1.2013)
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Thank you for being so tenacious in giving Roadshow 68k a try
under MorphOS

The archive which this README file is a part of contains an updated
"AddNetInterface" command, as well as two new network interface
configuration files for use with the Pegasos/Pegasos II or Apple
computer hardware ("VIA-Rhine" and "SunGEM", respectively).

If you already have Roadshow 68k (commercial release, or demo version)
installed, please replace your old "AddNetInterface" command (that
would be version 4.49) with the new command included in this archive
(the new version should be 4.52). The new version brings the respective
network interface online before starting the DHCP configuration. This
means that bringing the network interface's device driver online with
the "online" command should no longer be required.

The example network interface configuration files "VIA-Rhine" and
"SunGEM" can be copied into the "SYS:Storage/NetInterfaces" drawer,
or "DEVS:NetInterfaces" (whichever you prefer), in case you do not
have your network interfaces set up differently already. These two
files are provided for your convenience.

If you have any questions, please visit http://www.apc-tcp.de/support/0042e.php
and the associated support forum (click on the link at the bottom of the page).

The update can be downloaded for free on the Support homepage Roadshow.

http://roadshow.apc-tcp.de/

If the MorphOS 3.2 release won't have a netstack that is faster than Roadshow, or in any other way offer significant advantages over it, I will probably reach for my wallet and place an order for this!

takemehomegrandma,
Quote:

If I wasn't being killed in medical costs thanks to Obamacare, I'd have bought it already.

We'll see what happens first, I have free money or MorphOS 3.2 is released

Is there now a proper working installs cript which works with later Installer, and does uninstalling work properly now (doesn't break MorphOS boot-sequence). Also, visually, icons could be updated on modern OS's.

How fast is fast BTW? I get 40MB/s in LAN with new MorphOS NetStack. Is Roadshow is faster than that?

[ Edited by Piru 16.01.2013 - 21:02 ]

highest i've seen here between a win7 pc and Powerbook is 33-35MB/s when
copying to and from the Morphos ramdisk mounted as a samba share.

But I guess FTP might be faster, also the samba server is 68K
Copying to a Morphos harddisk(solid state) is much slower

On the macmini its 11.8MB/s flat on its 100mbit port

Is that 40MB/s flat or it peaks at 40? and on what machine ?
the current Morphos netstack jumps up and down alot, on Roadshow is stays at whatever rate you get


[ Edited by catohagen 16.01.2013 - 20:21 ]

@cato

I wget a 1GB file from the Debian GNU/Linux server (apache2). It is the average speed, not peak. The system is a PowerBook G4 1.67 with gigabit ethernet.

The actual average speed varies a bit: it's between 40-45MB/s for the whole 1GB file (it could the other load in the network perhaps?). Peak transfer speed is around 50MB/s (as reported by Network Statistics).

The final LAN performance depends on multiple factors and obviously doesn't necessarily mean everyone will be getting similar numbers in the end. Also, internet performance is completely another chestnut, that is when the adverse effect of latency steps in...

[ Edited by Piru 16.01.2013 - 22:37 ]

Piru,
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That's great to hear. But for the user's the more important question is: how long until the new netstack will be publically available?
If it will be rather sooner than later, then the roadshow is probably pointless for MorphOS users, but if it is still a while until release roadshow may be a good purchase to bridge the waiting time.

[ Editiert durch Zylesea 16.01.2013 - 23:46 ]

sounds like a well performing upgrade to netstack :)

Would maybe the powerbook hd limit higher speed ? copying a large file several times to/from hd here gives me around 40MB/s (hd is ssd)

@Zylezia
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"We hope to ship this with MorphOS 3.2 already since it seems work really well."
https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=9&topic_id=8962&post_id=97689&viewmode=flat&sortorder=0&showonepost=1

Of course the question then becomes when 3.2 will be ready for release... That will be at least couple of months I believe (and please don't take this as any kind of official schedule confirmation, since it isn't ).

So if you're indeed in a hurry for better performance then of course Roadshow is an option.

Piru,
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Hmm, but G5 bounty states 3 months which will expire late Feb IIRC. Will G5 support be MorphOS 3.1.1?

I think Bigfoot received the G5 sometime early-mid December, so there's a couple of months to go yet.

> G5 bounty states 3 months which will expire late Feb IIRC.

Almost.

https://morph.zone/modules/news/article.php?item_id=1998&comment_id=7260&mode=thread

@piru

i wonder how roadshow would perform on your current setup :)

> improved MorphOS support

That's nice, especially in view of the confirmed fact that ""Roadshow" was supposed to be the original tcp stack for Morphos" :-)

So does this thing give noticable faster web browsing? I would try it on mine, but I'm worried it'll break the excisting connections.

I made an installer for Roadshow on Morphos, since the orginal installer doesnt work and if it worked it would install lots of config files for amiga hardware.
It also lets you skip to install the firewall and ppp/ppoe stuff for adsl users

It doesnt touch anything in your existing Morphos system or network config so if
you install you have to manually disable internal netstack and run Roadshow 68K manually or insert into s:user-startup manually.

It also let you tune internal Roadshow settings based on calulations you enter
to better find settings spesific to transfer rates and more suited to system with more memory and not low-mem 68k classic systems, as this stack is aimed at... might boost you browsing speed...

you need a working arexx tho...
http://catohagen.fastmail.fm/Install_Roadshow_MorphOS.lha

edit, attachments doesnt work on this site...

edit, updated archive

[ Edited by catohagen 19.01.2013 - 18:42 ]

Today we release the MorphOS Update 2 for Roadshow

Quote:

Cool! Is there a way to make this in Grunch?

Grunch would be cool, but as Grunch downloads packages and the Roadshow archive isnt located in a fixed url but to some download.php script.

i wanted to do my installer fully automatic too, download the roadshow demo with wget and so on, but didnt find a fixed url

Anyone else having trouble installing this?

Seems the bundled installer won't work, it just flashes up the installer window for half a second then vanishes. Tried using MOS 3.1 installer and the 1996 version supplied with the archive, both the same.

> Anyone else having trouble installing this? Seems the bundled installer won't work

See posting #17 by catohagen.

danwood,
Anyone else having trouble installing this?

Seems the bundled installer won't work, it just flashes up the installer window for half a second then vanishes. Tried using MOS 3.1 installer and the 1996 version supplied with the archive, both the same.
Quote:

its the amiga check in the installer scripts that makes it just exit, i edited the script to this :
--8<---------------
; Could this be AmigaOS4? Then it doesn't need Roadshow 68k
; to be installed.
(if (>= (getversion) (* 52 65536))
(
--8<-----------------

line 637 is the line i edited, changed from 50 to 52 and the installer started, but it breaks again later so i made a
morphos installer...






and altered the version number it runs

I've updated the Roadshow morphos installer to include the new config files for added hardware that came in update 1.8

After every ethernet spesific config files you install, it also asks to open up the file with ed (mossys:c/ed) so you can
change to static ip and netmask or just skip this to stay with default DHCP.

Added option to automatic import the host entries and nameserver/dns from your existing Netstack config files and replaces
the commented out lines with # char as Roadshow requires for comments (Netstack uses ; for comments)

Added switching of Roadshow / Netstack on or off , by renaming SYS:S/network-startup(Roadshow) / MOSSYS:S/network-startup(Netstack)
Whatever stack you enable is displayed visually in the main menu.

Makes installing Roadshow as easy as tapping a few keystrokes, as most of your existing network configuration can be imported into Roadshow.

https://github.com/catohagen/morphos-roadshow-installer

[ Edited by catohagen 23.01.2013 - 11:00 ]

@Catohagen

Nice work! Appreciate the hard work and testing you've put into this.
Will give this a try (at least until the new Netstack arrives ).


Rich