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From: larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,ba.windows.x
Subject: Re: Running X windows on a 16MHz 386sx
Message-ID: <1990Oct08.120302.5093@nstar.uucp>
Date: 8 Oct 90 12:03:02 GMT
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Organization: Northern Star Communications, Limited
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pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar) writes:

>   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.

I have a 33 with 8 megs also - and with X - my machine still pages

I guess I need another 4 megs of RAM..

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