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Article #1945Re: Risc System/6000
From: Jaap Vermeulen
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 21:58
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 21:58
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bradley@grip.cis.upenn.edu (John Bradley) writes: >Yes, but has anybody actually PLAYED with these things? I attended the >Philadelphia unveiling and got to try out a 320, a 530, and an X terminal. I tried the 320 and the X terminal. >All three of them exhibited X performance that ranged from mediocre to >sluglike, depending on the operation. I agree, plus that the server on the 320 has some ugly bugs (some pull down menus left holes, lines seem to disappear) and the X terminal lies about it display density (which makes an application that scales itself unusable). [...] >John Bradley - University of Pennsylvania - GRASP Lab I don't understand that a machine that powerful (it *really* is fast in compiling etc.) can be that slow when running X. -- "Some call me Jaaper" +--------------------------+ | The Jonathan Corporation | Internet : neptune!jaap@uunet.uu.net | Norfolk, Virginia | Uucp : ...uunet!neptune!jaap +--------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!neptune!jaap From: jaap@neptune.UUCP (Jaap Vermeulen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Risc System/6000 Message-ID: <1990Feb27.215818.5888@neptune.UUCP> Date: 27 Feb 90 21:58:18 GMT References: <90051.101319ANKGC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <24325@princeton.Princeton.EDU> <20635@netnews.upenn.edu> Distribution: na Organization: The Jonathan Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia Lines: 24 X-Uucp: uunet!neptune!jaap X-Last-Cd-Bought: Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love Fcc: outbox X-Internet: neptune!jaap@uunet.uu.net X-Phone: (804) 640 7140 ext. 5313