Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gblock From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <11145@uwm.edu> Date: 18 Apr 91 17:11:46 GMT Article-I.D.: uwm.11145 References: Sender: news@uwm.edu Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 43 Originator: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu From article , by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger): > Do you get to select multitasking? Actually, YES, I do. > 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? Ten percent would be just fine. 10% of 25 mips. Gee, that sounds good. I'll take it. It would speed up NeXTStep just enough so that it doesn't feel sluggish. 10% would be just fine. I don't want realtime video, bud. I just want it to feel good. > 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. 16 megabytes enough? I've seen it on an eight, and I understand that. But it shouldn't happen in 16. Maybe if you didn't open you mouth a week before you think about saying, you'd cut the rude comments, and get to the point. Right now, there's only one problem I see, and I'm talking to it. Cut the BS, and keep your points. 4 lines of that were enough to make your point. > > What other systems have wysiwig displays? > Macintosh, pal. At least it's close enough. Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All opinions are my own, and not those of my employer. Why? He doesn't know I'm doing this. -Wubba