Re: Argosy HD-363N -- UPDATE

I don't think it's running an embedded version of windows. Isn't it linux?

--Tim

Tony wrote:

>WOW this is a little disheartening. I have one (well its not mine but) it
>was purchased with the audiotron in mind. I can certainly do some testing
>for ya/with ya. Is this a limitation of running a win embedded os? This
>could be an issue for many of my clients...
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>Im now looking into the buffalo technologies japan device dam'd if I can
>remember the name of it though. It runs linux and is totally hackable.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Turtle Beach Audiotron User Forum
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Abraham, Howard E.
>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:42 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [AT] Argosy HD-363N -- UPDATE
>
>I must admit that my early gushing enthusiasm for this device had me
>embarrassed to show my face on this list until now.  My Argosy HD-363N is
>working with the AudioTron.
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>No, the AT cannot generate its own TOC from the Argosy.  However, I have
>written my own TOC maker that is Argosy-tolerant.  I believe the problem is
>that a file scan opens a handle on the Argosy.  There are a limited number
>of handles available and the garbage collector isn't fast enough to release
>system resources when they are no longer needed.  Thus, my program just
>waits for the garbage collector to catch up.
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>It's slow, but it works for about 99.9% of the files on my drive.  (Out of
>1400+ files it failed to process one or two of them.  I haven't tracked down
>the cause yet.)
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>Once my TOC maker moves to a server-based network share the performance
>increases dramatically.
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>I don't know how many people bought the Argosy, and of those I don't know
>how many have Windows boxes laying around.  However, if anyone wants to play
>with my barely-tested TOC maker I will make it available.  It's written in
>C#, and thus requires the .NET framework to be installed.
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>--Howard
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