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Article #8722Re: Open Letter to an MS-DOS User
From: Jess M Holle
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 03:48
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 03:48
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In article <1991Mar28.235320.10269@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) 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. Actually, the systems that I was comparing in my original post were a 13" Mac II screen in 8-bit mode vs. a PC with the same size of screen with a lower resolution and in a lower bit mode. Jess Holle
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!gn.ecn.purdue.edu!jess From: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Open Letter to an MS-DOS User Message-ID: <1991Mar29.034835.25768@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 29 Mar 91 03:48:35 GMT References: <1991Mar28.173225.4282@amd.com> <4123@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <1991Mar28.235320.10269@amd.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 22