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From: cs63fcp@unccvax.uncc.edu (f. pullen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: System 6.0.7
Summary: System 6.0.7 slower than 6.0.5 ??
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Date: 20 Oct 90 09:48:54 GMT
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Two quick questions:

First, according to the article "Change History 6.0.6b19" the Font/DA Mover
was upgraded to 3.9, fixing a few bugs.  Strange, my copy of System 6.0.7
includes the Font/DA Mover 3.8.  Was this a last-minute change?  Anybody?

Second, and more puzzlingly, is 6.0.7 SLOWER than 6.0.5?  I just tried out
Speedometer 2.5, under both systems, and the results were surprising:
Using my math chip, in both Finder and MultiFinder, 6.0.7 is MUCH slower.
The "General Processor Test" and "Disk Test" were about the same, but
the "Math Test" differed pretty widely.

Compare:  Finder, 131 vs. 142, and MF, 113 vs. 169!!  All four were "vanilla"
systems, with nothing special added--and in all my tests, System 6.0.5 was
faster than System 6.0.7.  

Any ideas?  BTW, I'm running a IIci with 5MB; is it just me??

--Fred Pullen
cs63fcp@unccvax.uncc.edu
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