uri@morannon.watson.ibm.com (Uri Blumenthal) (12/01/89)
In article <7011@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > > > The Color [X] is ABSOLUTELY unusable (slow). > > I haven't seen a color X that wasn't unusable by my standards. When a > 33 MHz 80386 is less responsive than a 7 MHz 68000, there's something > wrong, even if you *can* get work done. Well, this thread is getting too long, but... You say you haven't seen an unusable X by your standards? Fine, then could you please try to do ANYTHING with ENIX Color X, and get back to us, when you finish (if it will happen in this world :-)? I leave alone the fact that it's certainly SLOWER than all the other ports I've ever seen, it SO slow that it can't be used - that's the problem! And the black-and-white X-Server is just about the speed of color servers, ported by others (yes, including AIX PS/2 16 MHz vs. 20 MHz I have!! RAM's the same). You don't believe - try yourself. BTW, I ordered an upgrade, nothing happened yet. When the stuff arrives (if ever :-) I'll post the results (was it working, and if yes - how fast. By _my_ standards, do you hear, Peter? :-). I was promised that the upgrade would really speed it up - but let's see. Regards, Uri ============ <Disclaimer>
gwr@linus.UUCP (Gordon W. Ross) (12/21/89)
In article <1989Nov30.201416.10901@arnor.uucp> uri@ibm.com writes: > >In article <7011@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >> >> > The Color [X] is ABSOLUTELY unusable (slow). >> >> I haven't seen a color X that wasn't unusable by my standards. When [ double negative-> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ] >> 33 MHz 80386 is less responsive than a 7 MHz 68000, there's something >> wrong, even if you *can* get work done. > >Well, this thread is getting too long, but... > >You say you haven't seen an unusable X by your standards? [...] [ Heated comments deleted for brevity ] >Regards, >Uri By the way, Uri, the double negative Peter used means that every color X he has seen has been unusable by his standards. (Double negatives are confusing and are therefore considered poor writing style.) I also wanted to come to the defense of ESIX here (even though I have no financial interest in them) because I am quite pleased with the high quality X servers included in the (latest) revision C of their system. The color X (for the VGA) looks faster than the b/w server from the previous release (Rev. B) and I find it very usable. (I agree that the color X server in Rev. B was very slow.) Other nice additions in Rev C. include support for several different graphics adapters and support for high resolution modes (800x600x16 and 1024x768x16 on Paradise, Video 7 and others). -- Gordon W. Ross (E025) ARPA: gwr@linus.mitre.org The MITRE Corporation UUCP: {decvax,philabs}!linus!gwr Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730 (617) 271-3205