rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) (06/29/91)
In article <1991Jun28.005919.1317@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes: > Well, we upgraded the 8 meg machine to 16, and got a > faster hard drive. X feels downright snappy on a 486/33 > with the Paradise 8514 card. If you want a really pleasant surprise, hunt up a Sun IPC or equivalent and play with it a bit. You'll find that your 486/33 will run rings around it. 486/33 and a graphics accelerator: The End to Sun Envy... -- Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 rfarris@rfengr.com ...!ucsd!serene!rfarris serenity bbs 259-7757
richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) (07/01/91)
>> Well, we upgraded the 8 meg machine to 16, and got a >> faster hard drive. X feels downright snappy on a 486/33 >> with the Paradise 8514 card. > >If you want a really pleasant surprise, hunt up a Sun IPC or >equivalent and play with it a bit. You'll find that your >486/33 will run rings around it. > It should. A well configured 386/33 will about match an IPC. (The screen resolution is still slightly lacking, but that's all.) -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com