Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:68987 comp.sys.amiga.tech:15184 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:4092 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!caen.engin.umich.edu!gilgalad From: gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: NeXT Intro (Was ) Message-ID: <1990Oct16.201359.29059@engin.umich.edu> Date: 16 Oct 90 20:13:59 GMT References: <1990Oct14.215059.12461@csmil.umich.edu> <38267@ut-emx.uucp> <38292@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: ?@engin.umich.edu Reply-To: gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 34 In article <38292@ut-emx.uucp>, amiga@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Paul) writes: |> The one thing I despise the most is to try to solve a speed problem by throwing |> a faster processor at it. This is the fix for slow windows operation on an I**. |> It is now the fix for the NeXT and it's slow display! Dosen't anybody try and |> write fast code any more? (Yes, I do see the need for faster processors, but |> people seem to use this fix to much!) |> |> Paul Well, they have done several things actually. On the NeXTDimension, they have a separate computer executing the Color Postscript stuff, thus offloading stuff from the main processor (040). Version 2.0 of the OS is revamped and much more efficient. In all, the display stuff is faster. One thing that I wish Commodore had done for Intuition is incorporated jump scrolling support in their windows. Do a type in a shell window, and it scrolls pitifully slowly. See ya, Ralph gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu gilgalad@zip.eecs.umich.edu gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu Ralph_Seguin@ub.cc.umich.edu gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu USER6TUN@UMICHUB.BITNET Ralph Seguin | "You mean THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?" 536 South Forest | Apartment 915 | "No. Haven't you heard, I come in six packs!" Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | (313) 662-4805