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- From: jamesh@castle.ed.ac.uk (James Hammerton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: RISC OS 3.10
- Message-ID: <25723@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 15:19:53 GMT
- References: <Bu5Mp8.A0q@newcastle.ac.uk> <18335@acorn.co.uk>
- Organization: Edinburgh University
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- In a recent article I saw this:
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- >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.
-
- I'm thinking of adding RO 3.10 to my A310 (4 megs + 40 meg HD) and I
- was wondering just how the new OS slows things down. I only have a
- standard colour monitor so the performance in hi-res modes isn't all
- that important. Does it slow the whole machine down or is it only in the
- desktop that things run slowly? And just how much slower would it be?
-
- James
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- James Hammerton,2nd year Computer Science at University of Edinburgh
- Email: jamesh@uk.ac.ed.castle Or: jh@uk.ac.ed.dcs
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