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From: wood%phws00.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM (Bill Wood, SmithKline &French R&D 215-2705163)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Need comments on GraphOn OptimaX (or others)
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Date: 9 Jun 89 04:51:54 GMT
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>   Text output in particular is very fast, faster than the Sun color server
>   distributed with X11r3.
>
>Hmm, that's about like "Molasses is very fast downhill at the North Pole,
>faster than hardened concrete". :-)  I have no idea how fast the GraphOn is,
>but surely you must be able to come up with a better statement.


Well, text output approaches the speed of the serial line you are connected
to.  I haven't done measurements, so I can't say for sure.  Text output to
the Sun color server on a 386i isn't bad;  it's image data and window
repaints that are excruciating, in my experience.