Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Anyone using SoftPC on HP720? Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 15:50:24 GMT References: <1991Jun28.133551.18145@brnwil.uucp> <1340022@hpuerca.HP.COM> Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: bsb@hpuerca.HP.COM's message of 29 Jun 91 14:47:08 GMT Let me add two remarks about SoftPC: I have tried it on a NeXT (68040 at 25 MHz) and found it als as fast as on the Vectra ES12 standing next to the NeXT (the NeXT and the 68040 400 machines should have comparable performance, I suspect). But contary to what you say, I did not find graphics much slower than on the VGA display. This may hvae something to do with Display Postscript used on the NeXT (much faster graphics in general, windows move as fast as on the HP 9000/720). My problem with SoftPC was its erratic printing on the serial port; I wonder how the HP version handles printing? Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET