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From: lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: second thoughts on buying a 3000UX
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Date: 5 Mar 91 22:29:01 GMT
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In article <13376@hubcap.clemson.edu> ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug Dyer) writes:
>scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden) writes:
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>>In article <5PR9W6D@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>>In article <1135@applix.com> scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes:

>>>> In the end, I decided to brew myself a 486/33 box. 
>>>X work. Have you compared the X speed of the two boxes?

>>I dunno.  8 plane windows move around fast enough.  How quickly can
>>the 3000 blitter process 8 plane images?   :-)

>I thought amiga unix didn't use the blitter, but CPU for graphics.

I thought that if you had 8 plane Xwindows, that you used the 34010 which
is on the A2410 board.  Bound to be faster than a blitter, a 68030, an
80386, or an 80486...

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