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From: souka@uh.msc.umn.edu (Omar Souka)
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Subject: Re: Solarian II faster on a (plain) Mac II than a IIsi?
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Date: 11 Feb 91 17:43:24 GMT
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The IIsi has on-board video which means that the application and the
screen are sharing the same memory.  If the app wants memory when the
screen is drawing it has to wait.  I've done some simple benchmarks that
show that a IIsi is about %30 faster in black and white vs. color (which
doesn't help much with Solarian)

Omar Souka                              E/Mail:  souka@msc.edu
Minnesota Supercomputer Center          AT&T:    612 625 7890
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