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- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!acorn!dwallin
- From: dwallin@acorn.co.uk (Dick Wallin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: RISC OS 3.10
- Message-ID: <18335@acorn.co.uk>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 08:49:11 GMT
- References: <Bu5Mp8.A0q@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Sender: dwallin@acorn.co.uk
- Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England
- Lines: 21
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- In article <Bu5Mp8.A0q@newcastle.ac.uk> Oliver.Cornes@newcastle.ac.uk (Ollie W Cornes) writes:
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- >In article <1992Sep5.184331.23268@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
- >>If you are running on an 8MHz ARM2 machine, I wouldn't advise that you
- >>rush into upgrading to RISC OS 3.10. If possible, see it working on
- >>somebody else's 8MHz ARM2 before taking the plunge, and make up your
- >>mind whether the speed is acceptable for you or not.
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- >...stuff deleted...
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- >I did hear that Acorn didn't notice how slow it is on an ARM2, because
- >of course they all have ARM3's, somewhat like the filecore in use error
- >because they don't use floppies....
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- Not true (in the first case anyway) as most of the machines around me are bog standard
- 420's or 440's. (quickly counts up) 17 machines, 1 540, 2 5000's, 1 440/1 with ARM3
- (a secretary's machine ... these were upgraded as these people are important!) 1 420/1,
- 2 old 440's with 20 MB HD's and 10 440/1's. Mind you, I've got one of the 5000's and if
- I didn't I'd be VERY quick to get an ARM3!
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- Dick
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