Re: Open Letter to an MS-DOS User

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From: Phil Ngai
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 23:53

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bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:

>From article <1991Mar28.173225.4282@amd.com>, by phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai):
>> jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) writes:
>>>on a daily basis. For instance, compare Pagemaker on a 16Mhz 68030 Mac and
>>>a 16Mhz 80386 PC, or for any medium level CAD/illustration program on the PC to
>> 
>> You mean a 1-bit 512x340 display vs a 4-bit 800x600 display?
>> 
>> Gee, I wonder why a tiny mac can redraw its screen so fast...

>As you yourself have said in another context:  "read what was written".

>Do you see anything above that rules out a non-512x340 screen or a color
>display?

Sure, we all know how common those color macs with big screens are.

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