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From: shingres@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (shing res acct)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 040 upgra causes "pauses" ? Advice needed
Message-ID: <1942@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 19 Mar 91 08:21:36 GMT
References: <1053.27df3aa1@amy.skidmore.edu>
Reply-To: shingres@cs.nps.navy.mil (shing res acct)
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
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In article <1053.27df3aa1@amy.skidmore.edu> tholland@amy.skidmore.edu writes:
>We've just upgraded to th 040 CPU on one of our NeXTs and I noticed
>some peculiar behavior:  If we r demos....like scene or molecule,
>things do happen MUCH faster than before, but they experiences 
>"pauses".  Example: molecules spin VERY fast, then pause for a moment,

This is no doubt due to the fact that you are working on a UNIX system
which is multi-tasking.  When your animation pauses, the computer is
paying attention to some other process momentarily.  This happens due
to "sync"s, daemons, other apps processing in the background and the
like.  Do not be concerned.  If you would like smooth animation on a
UNIX machine, an Silicon Graphics IRIS workstation does a very nice
job.

There is NOTHING WRONG with your NeXT Computer.  Be of good cheer.

Michael M. Mayer
(mayer@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil)
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