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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:00

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26$10$f3i99le@pir.net (Peter Radcliffe) writes:

>Walt Goodman  <wgoodman@mgfairfax.rr.com> probably said:
>>Thanks to all who responded.  I moved the VSIMM to the front slot,
>>reconfigured and now it works.  It does, however seem slower than the TGX
>>that I had in the box.  I thought that these were supposed to be about the
>>same speed wise. 

>Er, no.  The SX is a lot slower than a TGX. The only advantage is 24 bit.

The only way to get better 24-bit performance that is *fully* supported by
Solaris is to upgrade to an Ultrasparc machine with a Creator or Elite card
fitted. 8-)

Regards,

Craig.
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From: cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
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Date: 2000/04/11
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