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From: dboyes@brazos.rice.edu (David Boyes)
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Subject: Re: BBN/Slate users?
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Date: 14 May 91 00:27:12 GMT
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In article <9105101701.AA02859@Vicor.COM> lantz@Vicor.COM (Keith Lantz) writes:

>This is not our experience. With NCD16's with 2.5 MB each performance
>simply isn't acceptable. Perhaps you are using a "better" X terminal, or an
>NCD configured differently? 

Hmm. Our NCD has 3.5M of memory, and it seems to work just fine.
I wouldn't think that a meg of memory would make that much
difference, but one never knows. If you do a lot of bitmaps, I
bet that makes the NCD sweat a bit.

We also use our old 4M Sun 3/50s as X terminals, and they work
great (we use the Columbia Xkernel code which runs just enough
Unix on the 3/50 to make X work and use xdm to a Sparcstation
where Slate actually runs).

>Keith A. Lantz                          Voice:  +1 415-324-8073
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