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Re: Executor in general



>>>>> "Jon" == Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
In article <199603232112.QAA21883@magicnet.magicnet.net> Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:


    Jon> Hello everyone, Just wanted to say that I dug up an old copy
    Jon> of Executor 1.1 from the Internet and compared to Executor
    Jon> 1.99q11, and what a HUGE difference there is! It's great to
    Jon> see how far it's came.

    Jon> Here's some things I noticed:

    Jon> When running the Fractal drawing program under Executor 1.1,
    Jon> it took about 10 seconds to draw the fractal (redrawing it
    Jon> after bringing up the about screen), and it took 14 seconds
    Jon> under Executor 1.99q11.  Doesn't sound too good, especially
    Jon> considering how the documentation said that 2.0 would be
    Jon> twice as fast..

I think you're comparing one bit per pixel (i.e. black and white) to
eight bits per pixel (color).  Try switching the screen depth to black
and white and then doing it.  Try Speedometer.

    Jon> I also played around a little with it, trying to see if
    Jon> Browser would work under 1.1, got no success (didn't really
    Jon> expect success either :^)

    Jon> These aren't bugs but I'm just letting people know the
    Jon> results of what I did playing around with both versions
    Jon> some..

    Jon> Have fun,

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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