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From: pfile@sprite.berkeley.edu (Rob Pfile)
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Subject: Re: Slowness of 8*24GC card
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Date: 5 Dec 90 05:38:30 GMT
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In article <6286@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> rlong@phonon.eng.ohio-state.edu (Prof. Ronald Long) writes:
>Has anyone tried the 8*24GC card with SoftPC-EGA/AT?
>
>I have wondered if it would provide a performance boost.
>
Well, I have the old 2-card AST Mac286 board set, and at least with
this (somewhat old) hardware and v2.0 of AST's software, the 8*24GC board
shuts it's accelerator down... So much for Flight Simulator!

>-- 
>Ronald K. Long
>Ohio State Univ EE Dept., 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
>rlong@phonon.eng.ohio-state.edu

Rob Pfile
pfile@sprite.berkeley.edu