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From: cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: ESIX and X windows
Message-ID: <36@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 90 10:21:41 GMT
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Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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From an article by keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson):
[Regarding ESIX's X windows performance]
> I have 8 megs, in an Everex STEP/25, with a _fast_ SCSI drive and it's STILL
> untenable.
> If you look up the word "slow" in a dictionary you'll find a picture of an
> ESIX box running X-Windows.

Well, let's be fair, folks.  ESIX's VGA color driver is not usable, but the
monochrome driver is livable for many applications, even if its no blazing
speed demon.  I am sure they have improvements in the works, I only wish
their upgrade policy were more friendly.

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