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Re: Will executor run on a 286



In article <49lipu$a0f@sol.sun.csd.unb.ca>, e9bh@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
(D. E. McKay) wrote:

> Dan Brickley (pldab@uns.bris.ac.uk) wrote:
> 
> : This newsgroup has just popped up on my list, so I thought it a good time to
> : ask a stupid question: I've seen executor running very nicely on a 486 PC,
> : but is there any chance it'll run on a decrepid 286?
> 
> I'm quite sure in the FAQ it states that Executor requires a 80386 or higher
> processor to be used.  
> 

I'd say that executor really needs at least a 486.  I've experimented with
the executor demo on a 386.  Tex-edit and Aldus Freehand (2.x?) are both
way too slow on the 386 to be really useful.  It can't even begin to keep
up with my typing in Tex-edit.  Freehand ran slower on the 386 than it did
on my ancient Mac Plus!  However, both of these apps ran much better on a
486.  

GF

-- 
Gary Fisk, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
** I am not a spokesperson for my employer or anyone else **


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