Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!neoucom!wtm From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) Subject: Re: Simple X windows benchmark Message-ID: <1990Aug01.141919.11206@uhura.neoucom.EDU> Summary: video wait states Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine References: <1990Jul31.152257.5578@ico.isc.com> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 90 14:19:19 GMT I have a very old 16 MHz IBM model 80-071 with motherboard VGA. I was quite surprised to discover that there are 25 (!!!) wait states required to access the VGA RAM. Not exactly the sort of machine that makes one want to have an X windows display. ==Bill== -- Bill Mayhew Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Rootstown, OH 44272-9995 USA phone: 216-325-2511 wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu ....!uunet!aablue!neoucom!wtm via internet: (140.220.001.001)