Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!hoptoad!kumr!pozar
From: pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,ba.windows.x
Subject: Re: Running X windows on a 16MHz 386sx
Message-ID: <190@kumr.UUCP>
Date: 8 Oct 90 02:15:52 GMT
References: <14220@netcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Organization: Late Night Software (San Francisco)
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In article <14220@netcom.UUCP> boba@netcom.UUCP (Bob Amstadt) writes:
>Is anyone running Sys V Unix and X windows on a 386sx based machine?
>I'm interested in knowing what the performance is like.

   I ran ESIX's OS (rev.C) on a straight 16MHz '386 w/ 4 
megs-o-memory. I found the paging was severe with only 4megs.  You 
really need 8megs to run it with out the problems.  I have been told 
that 16bit memory is pretty tought to live with also.  I have been 
strongly encouraged to have a 32bit memory bus.  Doesn't a SX only 
have a 16bit memory bus?

   I have since upgraded to a 33MHz '396 w/ 8megs-o-memory.  Much 
faster, but some screen updates are slightly slower that I would like.
Paging is not a problem now. I have found xfroot with out a co-
processor will slow the system down noticably.

                             Tim



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