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- From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
- Subject: Re: New SPARC Classic
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <BxMnKq.A45@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov13.050523.2796@cs.yale.edu> <BxoGH5.9xn@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:05:29 GMT
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- lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) writes:
- >
- >Personally, I think that 3.0 on a 16 MB mono machine runs as fast as
- >I could expect a machine of that price to run. I think that 3.0 on
- >a 32 MB color machine runs as fast as most users would expect a
- >personal computer to run.
-
- You want to come and use my machine? (3.0 on a 68040 cube with 32 Mb
- and an ND board with its own 32Mb) Okay it runs with reasonable
- performance when you do one thing at a time (i.e. typing this while no
- mail arives for instance) but start a couple of compiles or get some
- text scrolling in a terminal window and say bye bye to reasonable
- response and hello to the puke colo[u]red cursor!
- --
- Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
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