Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!pasteur!agate!sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu!johnf From: johnf@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Flanagan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: (Commodore read this !!!) A few enhancements to the Amiga 3000 Message-ID: <1990Aug9.154054.4850@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 9 Aug 90 15:40:54 GMT References: <1248@winnie.fit.edu> <1280@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 24 In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) writes: >In article <1280@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> griff@anvil.intel.com (Richard Griffith) writes: > you want interactive > graphics? you aren't gonna get it on the Next or any postscript display > system, the technology just isn't fast enough to permit interpeted display > systems. Try opening several windows, and moving them as fast as you can... > You'll see what I mean. > >Make sure you try it on a SPARCStation runing X/NeWS 2.0. You'll be >pleasantly surprised at how snappy it is. I've tried running X/NeWS 2.0 on a SPARCstation 1, and it is still a dog. I grant that it is faster than it used to be, but it is too painful to use for me to switch from X11R4. I do like the idea of PostScript-based displays. I just don't like any implementation I've yet seen. John John Flanagan Center for EUV Astrophysics johnf@ssl.berkeley.edu University of California (...!ucbvax!soc1.ssl!johnf) Berkeley, CA 94720 Manners Maketh Man. (415) 643-6308