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- From: kovarski@zooid.guild.org (Mark Kovarski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying????
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.185103.12445@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 18:51:03 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.230955.15392@zooid.guild.org> <1992Sep9.151745.18833@magn <1992Sep10.185931.5470@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Organization: ZOOiD BBS
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- dhbutler@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Your Conscience) writes:
- >>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
- >
- >Yes, I've used it, in fact, I can step over right now and use it on a 50mzh
- >486, I'll grab a window and move it, and I bet it won't be as fast as the ST, I
- >bet it even uses the swap file just to move that little window around, I'll go
- >check and be right back...
- >
- >OK, well, the screen display *is* snappier than I remembered, but certainly not
- >*faster* than an ST with Quick ST III installed, but I have to admit I may have
- >understated the speed, but not by much! I was absolutely correct about the disk
- >swap, I opened Drive C, grabbed the window, and dragged it into the upper left
- >hand corner of the screen, it accessed the hard drive just to do this.
- >
- >I can't say I *hate* OS/2 as much as I do Windows, but you must be joking when
- >you say it is "as fast as a TT with NVDI loaded in". :-)
- >---------------------------------------------------------------------->
- >|-! -David Butler- dhbutler@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- >
- >- And now a .sig sure to insult (or at least baffle) 95% of all computer users:
- >
- > ||| - Dos and Macintosh = Standardization and Stagnation - //
- > / | \ - Atari and Commodore = Innovation and Invention - \//
-
- I have also the Atari and _I_ know if the 486/50 is faster. I have seen the TT
- running and to be honest, didn't impress me AT ALL (otherwise I would have
- bought it). BTW, try downloading on a TT at 14.4 on two comm ports and see if
- you get 1680-1695 CPS rates on both. At the same time though get a WP to
- reformat a doc and then drag/copy/move files around. All at the same time.
- Try to keep all windows open so you can see how it progresses. Let me know.
-
- You can use MiNT to do it since MultiTOS is not available. Hope to hear from
- you soon...
-
- Regards,
- Mark K.
-