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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:01:02 -0400
- From: Stefan Monnier <sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying????
- In-Reply-To: <1992Sep10.041027.9029@zooid.guild.org>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 10-Sep-92 Re: Is Falcon worth
- buying???? Mark Kovarski@zooid.guil (1006)
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- > You can configure ANYTHING in OS/2 2.0, including what you want to install.
- > My swap file doesn't exceed 2 MB. You must be joking when saying, "it feels
- > like a 8 mhz ST." Have you really tried it. I see NO speed decreases in OS/2
- > at all. As a matter of fact, I am running it on a 486/50 MHz DX with 16MB
- > RAM and ATI Graphics Ultra. It is as fast as a TT with NVDI loaded in. The
- > screen redraw functions are immediately displayed with no delay at all. On
- > slower machines it might be the case but not on mine. Also, it accesses the HD
- > since it always updates it. When you reboot it comes to same screen as you
- > worked last on. Does it access the HD? Yes, so does every OS.
-
- Great news !! the 32Mhz 030 of the TT is not that slower than the
- 50Mhz 486 (even when the 486 has 16MB to deal with)
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- > Is MultiTOS faster? MultiTOS is a FAR inferiour product and doesn't offer 20%
- > of all OS/2 functions. I have received some results that were performed with
- > MultiTOS such as screen redraw routines, VDI functions etc. The results are
- > definetely slower. If MultiTOS sells nearly as many as OS/2 2.0 copies please
- > let me know...
-
- > Mark K.
-
- Sure, OS/2 is much superior. But it NEEDS a bit more hardware to be
- useful ! (I actually think 16MB 486 is a good start)
-
- Stefan Monnier
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