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In article <26775@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes:
>That is absolutely horrid.  So all my Windows applications means that while
>this here card is installed, I will be moving at HALF SPEED?!  This doesn't
>seem very realistically cool, know what I mean?  Is there a way around
>this?  I can't afford that kind of io bottleneck (33mhz w/8MB going through
>display at 8-bits is not very fun).....any info to circumvent said
>atrocity would be appreciated.

Actually, I don't *think* you would notice any difference.  I remember reading
an article in either PC Magazine or PC/World around October or November of last
year (I loaned out a couple issues of each to a friend, and I forgot to get them
back before he left for co-oping,and I can't find the specific issue) that 
had an article discussing 8-bit and 16-bit VGA cards.  

I *think* it said that most programs don't really use the 16-bit bus, so 
there is actually little difference when switching between the 2 setups.  I
think windows is one of the ones that uses only the 8-bit mode.  If someone
could dig up the article, it might shed some more light on this.

Is there a way you can put your card into 8-bit mode, to actually test this 
theory?  You would almost need to run some type of benchmark, or a blind test,
as if you set it up, and test it, your judgement about whether there is actually
any difference between the 2 modes would be biased.

Anyway, hope this helps.

OBWinBash follows, hit 'n' now to bypass....

windows (note purposeful use of lowercase) is a kludge.  If you want a GUI, get
GeosWorks Ensemble will run on a PC and XT type machines as well as windows 
will run one 286 and 386 type machines, so just think how speedy it is on the
big machines.  There is a substantial installed user base out there that, if
they really wanted a GUI, would choose Geos over windows.  I feel that Geos
will eventually take over as the premier GUI.

If you want multi-tasking, go with DESQview.  It does a much better job than
windows.  Again, you still have the establshed user base that at comfortable
with a CLI, and will not change to a GUI anytime soon, so any windows products
will never be used by them.

I think windows could have been a really nice product if it would have left
out the attempt to multitask DOS apps.  Just too much overhead to try to 
accomplish both, and too many hardware requirements.

Btw, I ran windows for a while, on my 386SX.  I didn't like it.
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