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Article #952Re: 3100 mix and match
From: Eric Fielding
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 18:05
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 18:05
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In a recent article envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) wrote: >What were the reasons for not using the GPX processor in the DS3100? >To go to a dumb frame buffer driven by the CPU seems like a giant step >backward. >Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) I can't comment on DEC's reasoning, but the people in the department next door told me that the DS3100 seems to outperform the VAXstation 3540 at some graphics tasks. Especially since there is no documented way to access the special graphics processors in the 3540. It would also seem like it would agree with the 'RISC' philosophy to avoid putting complex operations into hardware or firmware. ++Eric Fielding eric@geology.tn.cornell.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!eric From: eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: 3100 mix and match Message-ID: <9366@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 29 Nov 89 18:05:25 GMT Reply-To: eric@geology.tn.cornell.edu Distribution: na Organization: Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University Lines: 14