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- From: sproven@cs.strath.ac.uk (Simon B Proven IE91)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Of RISCOS 3 and ARM 2s
- Message-ID: <10428@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 11:51:55 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.085822.164466@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
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- Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.
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- In article <1992Sep8.085822.164466@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> rws@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:
- >Is anyone running RISCOS 3.1 on an ARM 2 based machine? Would you care to
- >comment on the speed issue that some have mentioned already? How does it
- >compare with RISCOS 2 for speed? Is it useable on a 1 Meg machine?
- >Many have said that you really need an ARM 3 but I get the impression that this
- >is coming mostly from people who already have ARM 3, they might find the speed
- >of RISCOS 2 without an ARM3 deplorable.
-
- I had a go on a A3010 in a dealer... the machine was surprisingly fast, even
- in Mode 27. Given that most 1Mb owners will be using mode 12 or 66 etc then
- speed will not be too bad IMHO. I found !draw rotated fonts much faster
- than normal RISC OS 2 fonts. I think actually much of RISC OS 3.1 is a lot
- faster than 2.0 - for instance the font manager, so there's not so much of
- a problem as one might think. If u use a VGA mode then it will be slow,
- but so is RISC OS 2.0
-
- >Russell.
-
- mad@bike
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