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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Dell SVR4 (and Dell hardware)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.213034.26627@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 21:30:34 GMT
- References: <1992Aug6.154713@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov> <MISAWA.92Aug6184108@physics16.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug13.151411.17946@crd.ge.com> <1992Aug14.032421.22615@bluemoon.rn.com>
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- In article <1992Aug14.032421.22615@bluemoon.rn.com>, grant@bluemoon.rn.com (Grant DeLorean) writes:
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- | The SPARC doesn't really have a "text mode", the console stuff is
- | bitmapped fonts and run from slow ROM so it prints slow. Start up
- | any of the intended environments (OpenWindows, X11, or even the one
- | that gives one text window and nothing else) so the frame buffer
- | can kick in and little can touch the Sun (not in the price range
- | anyway).
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- The price of a GX frame buffer is a bit dear for most private
- individuals, or even for business users. And the speed of a PC class
- machine, link IPC or evel IPX is not as fast as a PC in text mode. Not
- under Openwin, not under X. X seems faster then openwin, though.
- --
- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- I admit that when I was in school I wrote COBOL. But I didn't compile.
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