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Article #1606Re: Summary: Monitors and MacII performance?
From: Jude Anand George
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 07:41
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 07:41
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norman@a.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) writes:
> >a <MacIIcx, Single Page Display>?) As a related question, does
> >running multiple monitors degrade the MacII's performance?
[..]
> Don writes:
> >only the Macplus is slowed down by the display. The MacSE and higher
> >all have dual-ported video ram, and custom circuitry to refresh the
> >display (the Mac+ display is refreshed by generating CPU interrupts).
> Well, that's all. Does anyone else care to comment?
I have two monitors, one on an Apple 4-bit video card, the other on an
8-bit. Screen refreshes are definitely slower with both cards than
with either one, even in 1-bit mode. Nothing to lose sleep over,
but it's definitely noticeable.
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