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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: <1990Oct11.114652.5366@nstar.uucp>
Date: 11 Oct 90 11:46:52 GMT
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schoch@sheba.arc.nasa.gov (Steve Schoch) writes:

>This depends mostly on what other processes you are running.  Creating another
>window on an X server takes about 100 bytes for most servers (the space
>needed by the structures allocated for each window - if the server does a
>saveUnder for the window it will take more).  However, another process such
>as xterm will take 150k.  This assumes you have shared text and another xterm
>is already running.  Otherwise a new X application can take 1/2 Meg.

this also depends on how you set up your windows and your window manager -

I have 5 windows, each with 12K of buffer allocated so I can "click 
and shoot" to scroll back and forth within windows..

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