Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!uazhe4.physics.arizona.edu!zazula From: zazula@uazhe4.physics.arizona.edu (RALPH ZAZULA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXTstation Color Performance Keywords: speed Message-ID: <1990Dec13.202025.318@arizona.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 04:14:25 GMT References: Reply-To: zazula@uazhe4.physics.arizona.edu Distribution: usa,local Organization: U of Arizona Experimental Elementary Particle Physics - Tucson, Lines: 30 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 Lines: 30 In article , declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) writes... > >A few days ago, I had the chance to play with a NS Color for a few >hours. It's a fun machine to use, but somewhat less than blazingly >fast for animation/window moving, etc. In fact, the perceived >performance seemed to be less than a 68030 NeXT computer. It's to be >expected, I suppose - moving 6x as much data with a processor that's >"only" 3-4x as fast (even though the better FP performance does in >part make up for the speed difference). > >[stuff deleted...] > >Declan McCullagh >Independent NeXT Developer Is it possible to run the NeXTStation Color in a MONO mode, making the screen manipulations faster? Specifically, I'm thinking of getting a Color Station and a MONO MegaPixel display and upgrading to a color monitor at some later date when I have a better cash flow. Is there some way to tell the station that it has a mono monitor and not to do the full 16 bit color? |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Ralph Zazula "Computer Addict!" | | University of Arizona --- Department of Physics | | UAZHEP::ZAZULA (DecNet/HEPNet) | | zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu (Internet) | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | "You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge." - Neil Peart | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|