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    From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Thursday, February 20, 2025 23:26:28
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    Does anyone have a Dan II Controller?
    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/126948065563

    I’d like to have a benchmark comparison for it.

    Regards
    Andrew
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  • From Jerry Penner@jerry+a2@jpen.ca to comp.sys.apple2 on Thursday, February 20, 2025 22:54:39
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    Andrew Roughan <no_email@invalid.invalid> writes:

    Does anyone have a Dan II Controller? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/126948065563

    I’d like to have a benchmark comparison for it.

    I haven't got one, nor had I heard of it. For others that are
    interested (perhaps you already knew about these), there's an
    applefritter post on it that links to the project's github page:

    - https://www.applefritter.com/content/dan-sd-card-disk-controller
    - https://github.com/profdc9/Apple2Card

    I'd be interested to know the throughput of it as well.
    --
    --
    Jerry jerry+a2 at jpen.ca
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  • From cybernesto@cybernesto@macgui.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Friday, February 21, 2025 11:00:30
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    Hi Andrew, I have one. How should I proceed to benchmark it? With SPF? Or on
    a IIgs with Benchmarked?


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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, February 24, 2025 12:33:44
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    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    Hi Andrew, I have one. How should I proceed to benchmark it?
    On a IIgs with Benchmarked please. Use a 16MB image to cut out after the 4K test.
    Please add your results to the spreadsheet.
    Dan may also be doing this, so if you find his results there, think of a combination he hasn’t tried (e.g with or without accelerator or different speeds, or different micro sd media?)
    Thanks!
    Andrew
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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, February 24, 2025 13:10:01
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    Andrew Roughan <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    Hi Andrew, I have one. How should I proceed to benchmark it?
    On a IIgs with Benchmarked please. Use a 16MB image to cut out after the 4K test.
    Please add your results to the spreadsheet.
    Dan may also be doing this, so if you find his results there, think of a combination he hasn’t tried (e.g with or without accelerator or different speeds, or different micro sd media?)
    Thanks!
    Andrew


    Actually, it is an 8MB image.
    I have uploaded here in case it helps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eQlhr7m55ccqB4TkRCuorqhPHSoYTiXo/view?usp=sharing
    It includes the Benchmarked software, so you can boot a regular 6.0.4 image
    to start and then execute benchmarked from this image.

    Regards
    Andrew
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  • From Oliver Schmidt@ol.sc@web.de to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, February 24, 2025 19:50:20
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    Hi Andrew,

    Please add your results to the spreadsheet.

    I can't follow which spreadsheet is meant here. Is that some private thing?
    I'm asking because I wonder if it would make sense to add results for A2retroNET.

    Regards,
    Oliver



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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 01:45:06
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    Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> wrote:
    I can't follow which spreadsheet is meant here. Is that some private thing?

    Benchmarked has a spreadsheet to track results. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiZOz6GbGMJudGVoR0hiWDRXMlZfSnRtZUVjWXMwNWc#gid=0
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  • From Oliver Schmidt@ol.sc@web.de to comp.sys.apple2 on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 16:11:17
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    Hi Andrew,

    I can't follow which spreadsheet is meant here. Is that some private thing?

    Benchmarked has a spreadsheet to track results. [...]

    I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for pointing out :-)

    Regards,
    Oliver



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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Tuesday, March 04, 2025 03:16:36
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    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    Hi Andrew, I have one.

    I was really looking forward to your results so I could compare them to the other devices in the Juiced GS article I am working on. My deadline
    approaches. Are you able to try this soon?

    Thanks
    Andrew


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  • From cybernesto@cybernesto@macgui.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, March 10, 2025 09:02:02
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    Andrew Roughan wrote:
    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    Hi Andrew, I have one.

    I was really looking forward to your results so I could compare them to
    the
    other devices in the Juiced GS article I am working on. My deadline approaches. Are you able to try this soon?

    Thanks
    Andrew


    Hi Andrew,

    sorry I did not give you an ETA. My problem is, my GS and my DAN Card are at different storages. I will only have access to the card on march 14th. I
    could give you results the day after. Would that still make the deadline?

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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, March 10, 2025 11:16:22
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    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    Would that still make the deadline?

    Unfortunately not. But I would still be interested to see the results when
    you are able to provide them.

    Thanks
    Andrew
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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Sunday, March 16, 2025 10:02:45
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    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    I will only have access to the card on march 14th.
    I have some more time because the whole issue is now in review. My
    contribution is laid out, but a minor update could still be possible.


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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Sunday, March 16, 2025 14:52:26
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    Andrew Roughan <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    a minor update could still be possible.

    Results for the Dan ][ have been added to the spreadsheet. Thanks to
    whomever was responsible for this. I have updated my submission to include them.
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  • From cybernesto@cybernesto@macgui.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Sunday, March 16, 2025 14:55:59
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    Andrew Roughan wrote:
    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    I will only have access to the card on march 14th.
    I have some more time because the whole issue is now in review. My contribution is laid out, but a minor update could still be possible.

    That's great! Again, sorry for the delay. It took me some additional time
    to set all up. I tried to update the Dan ][ Firmware from 3.3.2 to 3.4.1 on
    my IIgs but no sync was possible. Not sure what it means. Anyway. I updated
    the list.
    The block tests were failing with the 8MB image you provided, so I had to
    use the 32MB image from brutal deluxe.
    Here the summary:
    Read block 64K 29 KB/s
    Read block-by-block 25 KB/s
    File read ~24 KB/s
    File write ~24 KB/s
    It seems to be among the slower solutions. I think for a II+ or IIe it is
    quite nice, given the availability of the components and the menu based
    image selection.

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  • From Andrew Roughan@no_email@invalid.invalid to comp.sys.apple2 on Sunday, March 16, 2025 22:53:27
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    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    Andrew Roughan wrote:
    cybernesto <cybernesto@macgui.com> wrote:
    It seems to be among the slower solutions. I think for a II+ or IIe it is quite nice, given the availability of the components and the menu based
    image selection.
    Thank you for the results. I have included them. For the IIgs, the MicroDrive/Turbo is a decent option in the same price point.
    The UltimateDrive will blow everything away for speed, but the price has
    not yet been revealed.

    Regards
    Andrew


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