siegel@hc.DSPO.GOV (josh Siegel) (08/11/88)
Has anybody else been having problems with 4D/70GT's and foursight?!? Lets all get together and send a letter to SGI.... --Josh Siegel -- Josh Siegel (siegel@hc.dspo.gov) I like using a C-47A "puff dragon" to go shooting beer cans with.
phil@BRL.MIL (Phil Dykstra) (08/13/88)
> The biggest problem we had was that our application ran about 6 times > slower on the GT than a 4D/70G when we first ported it over. We had a similar surprise. A display manager for our solid modeling package ran at first about half as fast on the 4D/70GT as it did on the 4D/60! After some head scratching we realized the problem: on every screen update we were also updating the status of the function key lights on the keyboard. The keyboard interface on the 70GT must be slower than on the 60; apparently only 9600 baud. After removing the keyboard update the tide happily turned in favor of the 4D/70GT. - Phil