Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 03:11:07 GMT References: <11113@uwm.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Distribution: comp Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu's message of 18 Apr 91 02:34:22 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <11113@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes: Yes, but would it be faster doing it WITHOUT DP? That's the question. I don't care HOW much slower it is, something that slow doesn't need ANYTHING to make it slower. And then it should be an option. I like DP, don't get me wrong. But I want to be able to SELECT it. Do you get to select multitasking? On Unix machines is virtual memory and memory protection an option. Quit your whining. How much faster would it be w/o DP? What purpose would it serve? Would a 10% speedup make a difference? Animation might be a little faster, but not fast enough for video. I suppose that you want to write directly to video memory too? > Have you ever worked on a Mac with a large screen, definitely slower than > a NeXT. Screen updates are slow as molasses in winter. Yes, I have, and not really. I was working with their Radius big-screen on a Mac IIcx at the time. And it was actually more responsive than NeXTStep. I didn't like the SIZE of the monitor, though. Larger than I needed... MUUUUUUCH larger... Are you using NeXTStep 2.0 with an 040 board? How much memory is in the NeXT. The responsiveness(or lack of) is more than likely due to paging. This has been covered before!! If you learn a little bit more about computers, then you will be able to understand why certain problems occur and then fix them or avoid them. Yes, but when windowing is NECESSARY, why suck up more than you need to? How is it that other systems have wysiwig without running a global meltdown-like DP over the whole system like Mort hangs over a cat? What other systems have wysiwig displays? -Mike