Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hplsla!andyc From: andyc@hplsla.HP.COM (Andy Cassino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Quick ST vs Turbo ST Message-ID: <5440156@hplsla.HP.COM> Date: 21 Feb 91 19:44:50 GMT References: Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Lines: 17 I now have purchased both Turbo ST 1.82 and Quick ST 2.21 and have found overall performance to be very close with one notable exception. That is, Turbo ST speeds up softloaded system fonts (such as those that Neodesk 3 uses) to the same degree as the built-in fonts while Quick ST only manages about half the speed-up of these fonts. But I like the fact that Quick ST does not require a gol-durn accessory slot (the Turbo ST accessory bombs when loaded in MultiDesk I find), and it does take less memory if you don't use the desktop pic. For now I am just bagging my fancy Neodesk font and using Quick ST and plan to upgrade to Quick ST 3 when it comes out. I still need to test whether Quick ST messes up Easy Draw the way Turbo ST does... %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Andy Cassino % % Hewlett-Packard - Lake Stevens Instrument Division % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%