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- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: How does 2.04 perform on A500???????????????????
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.125223.3145@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <1993Jan5.180545.12664@hubcap.clemson.edu> <y8NywB4w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:52:23 GMT
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- mr_scary@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Chris Hurley) writes:
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- >charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
-
- >> I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk (I.A. Inman) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >> >From what I've seen, WB2.04 performs a little slowly on your bog standard Am
- >>
- >> Not really, unless you run a lot of commodities. (The commodities system see
- >> to slow down 68000 machines - didn't see that happening on a 3000 or a 1200).
- >The problem is not the 68000, the problem is the lack of Fast Memory. My
- >2.04 A500 with 2 megs of memory ran very snappily, even with commodities.
-
- Try moving the mouse while running a processor-intensive
- activity - one time with some commodities running, one time without those
- commodities running. Bog! Most any commodities will do this if you run several
- at once.
-
- (My 500 has 1 meg chip/4 megs fast)
-
- >>
- >> >If you want to use it seriously, I think a processor accelerator is a good i
- >>
- >> A hard drive is the first priority, of course. *Then* the accelerator.
- >
- >Absolutely. Hard Drive First. Then More Memory, followed by
- >Accelerator.
-
- Nah ... changed my mind. Get a 1200 and give your little sister the 500. :)
-
- >>
- >> >If WB3.0 becomes available, you'll DEFINITELY need a faster machine.
- >>
- >> You'll need an AGA machine, I beleive!
- >I don't think it needs AGA.
-
- What does it need? (Seems like if 3.0 were compatible with older Amigas they
- wouldn't have bothered releasing 2.1)
-
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