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From: rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: The End to Sun Envy
Keywords: performance 80486 486 unix
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.181955.20491@rfengr.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 18:19:55 GMT
References: <1991Jun23.051631.20763@jwt.UUCP> <1991Jun23.202918.15302@rfengr.com> <1991Jun28.005919.1317@jwt.UUCP>
Organization: RF Engineering, Del Mar, California
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In article <1991Jun28.005919.1317@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:

> Well, we upgraded the 8 meg machine to 16, and got a
> faster hard drive.  X feels downright snappy on a 486/33
> with the Paradise 8514 card.

If you want a really pleasant surprise, hunt up a Sun IPC or
equivalent and play with it a bit.  You'll find that your
486/33 will run rings around it.

486/33 and a graphics accelerator: The End to Sun Envy...


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