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- >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
- In article <199603232112.QAA21883@magicnet.magicnet.net> Jon Abbott <jabbott@magicnet.net> writes:
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- Jon> Hello everyone, Just wanted to say that I dug up an old copy
- Jon> of Executor 1.1 from the Internet and compared to Executor
- Jon> 1.99q11, and what a HUGE difference there is! It's great to
- Jon> see how far it's came.
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- Jon> Here's some things I noticed:
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- Jon> When running the Fractal drawing program under Executor 1.1,
- Jon> it took about 10 seconds to draw the fractal (redrawing it
- Jon> after bringing up the about screen), and it took 14 seconds
- Jon> under Executor 1.99q11. Doesn't sound too good, especially
- Jon> considering how the documentation said that 2.0 would be
- Jon> twice as fast..
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- I think you're comparing one bit per pixel (i.e. black and white) to
- eight bits per pixel (color). Try switching the screen depth to black
- and white and then doing it. Try Speedometer.
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- Jon> I also played around a little with it, trying to see if
- Jon> Browser would work under 1.1, got no success (didn't really
- Jon> expect success either :^)
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- Jon> These aren't bugs but I'm just letting people know the
- Jon> results of what I did playing around with both versions
- Jon> some..
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- Jon> Have fun,
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- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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