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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: The End to Sun Envy
Keywords: performance 80486 486 unix
Message-ID: <1991Jul1.030758.29852@pegasus.com>
Date: 1 Jul 91 03:07:58 GMT
References: <1991Jun23.202918.15302@rfengr.com> <1991Jun28.005919.1317@jwt.UUCP> <1991Jun28.181955.20491@rfengr.com>
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
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>> 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.
>

It should.  A well configured 386/33 will about match an IPC.

(The screen resolution is still slightly lacking, but that's all.)


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Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com