dipto@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty) (11/30/90)
What is needed to run X gracefully under Interactive? Can someone
please throw some light/wisdom on possible incompatibilities and/or
known bugs/limitations with the components I have. Please email
your comments; I will summarize and post them later.
On an ALR 33/486 we are running Interactive 386/ix 2.0.2, along with
their X Windows 1.1 distribution ... and the performance sucks.
We have a Microsoft serial mouse and a high-performance Microfield
V8 graphics card on the system, ... but, the mouse drags are at a
lag of 3-4 seconds behind!
I would like to know what is the best known combination of components
if I were to go for a price independent choice of graphics card,
machine etc., preferably with Interactive o.s
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dipto@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty) writes: >On an ALR 33/486 we are running Interactive 386/ix 2.0.2, along with >their X Windows 1.1 distribution ... and the performance sucks. >We have a Microsoft serial mouse and a high-performance Microfield >V8 graphics card on the system, ... but, the mouse drags are at a >lag of 3-4 seconds behind! there seems to be something wrong with your machine. you should get really good performance with the microfield (regarding graphics speed) and the 486 (regarding general performance). i think the problem is with the mouse, perhaps the serial port is on the wrong interrupt or something. You've got Real Nice Hardware, and interactive is really able to use it! we used a 386/25 with a microfield and a genius mouse with very good results. keep trying! -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home
campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) (12/03/90)
In article <4572@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> dipto@umbc3.umbc.edu (Dipto Chakravarty) writes:
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-On an ALR 33/486 we are running Interactive 386/ix 2.0.2, along with
-their X Windows 1.1 distribution ... and the performance sucks.
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-We have a Microsoft serial mouse and a high-performance Microfield
-V8 graphics card on the system, ... but, the mouse drags are at a
-lag of 3-4 seconds behind!
Something is horribly wrong with your system. I run 386/ix 2.0.2 with
Interactive's X11 1.1 on a 20 MHz 386 and the performance is pretty good --
actually very good, except for loading big bitmaps. At work I have a 25 MHz
386 running SCO Open Doorstop; it's quite a bit slower, but nothing like
what you've described.
I have noticed that my work system, which has a Logitech serial mouse,
exhibits very slow (although not measured in seconds!) and erratic mouse
response. At home, I have a Logitech bus mouse, and it works MUCH more
nicely. So I would recommend ditching the serial mouse, but I suspect
there's something much more fundamental wrong with your system.
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Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton Street
campbell@redsox.bsw.com Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (USA)
The U.S. Constitution may not be perfect, but it sure beats
whatever we're using right now.john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) (12/05/90)
In <1607@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: > In <4572@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> dipto@umbc3.umbc.edu (Dipto Chakravarty) writes: > - We have a Microsoft serial mouse and a high-performance Microfield > - V8 graphics card on the system, ... but, the mouse drags are at a > - lag of 3-4 seconds behind! > > Something is horribly wrong with your system. Just a whim, but check to see what interrupt you are using for the mouse. I tried my tape drive on interrupt 2, and it did not work. I changed it to 9, and it works fine. The sympthoms were similar--it sort of worked, but real slow. A net neighbor had a similar problem with his mouse. -john- -- =============================================================================== John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications ...uunet!rosevax!tcnet!wd0gol!newave!john ===============================================================================
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (12/05/90)
In article <1607@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: >I have noticed that my work system, which has a Logitech serial mouse, >exhibits very slow (although not measured in seconds!) and erratic mouse >response. At home, I have a Logitech bus mouse, and it works MUCH more >nicely. So I would recommend ditching the serial mouse, but I suspect >there's something much more fundamental wrong with your system. This isn't the case with any of the Logitech serial devices we have here. They all work like a charm and the response is great. (we use both serial mice and serial trackballs). If you are having problems with a mouse, it isn't the class of mouse itself (in other words, your mouse may be screwed up, but replacing it with another one from the same manufacturer should fix the problem). -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
heimir@rhi.hi.is (Heimir Thor Sverrisson) (12/07/90)
In <1990Dec05.122421.24560@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >In article <1607@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: >>I have noticed that my work system, which has a Logitech serial mouse, >>exhibits very slow (although not measured in seconds!) and erratic mouse >>response. At home, I have a Logitech bus mouse, and it works MUCH more >>nicely. So I would recommend ditching the serial mouse, but I suspect >>there's something much more fundamental wrong with your system. I've got a serial Logitech-mouse here, and had some trouble with it, especially when starting the server (it would fail every other time) until I changed the configuration from LOGI-S to MSC-S and since then it's been working just fine. I think I saw this fix in the Release notes somewhere. Heimir Thor Sverrisson (TF3ANT) heimir@hafro.is