johnm@auscso.UUCP (04/16/87)
I just installed an NEC V30 on my Deskpro. Here are some subjective feelings.
Running Norton SI:
Before V30:
Slow Mode: 1.0 (relative to IBM PC-XT)
Fast Mode: 1.7
With V30:
Slow Mode: 1.9
Fast Mode: 3.4
Lotus 1-2-3 runs much faster than before. Under Xenix response appears to be
faster. For example when I booted up before an ran a ps (in multi-user mode)
the process time was shown as 0:10, after installation of the V30 it went down
to 0:06. With two virtual terminals going, one running kermit (doing this now)
and the other doing a ps -ef (the console) the ps -ef time is shown as 0:08.
Response seems better. Anybody else running a V30 in there Deskpro feel free
to e-mail me your thoughts (and any problems you may have encountered down the
road). Everything under Dos works fine (tape, etc.).
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