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Re: NEED HELP! XServer crashes!

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From: Rich Thomson
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:18
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In article <1992Oct12.160341.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
	perezc@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>I'm using DECstation 500/120 and it looks slower than an apple II.  Is this
>really how it should be?

No.  The PEX-SI is exactly what it says -- a Sample Implementation.
DEC has a PEX server product and that is what you should be using.
After all, only DEC has all the internal knowledge of their hardware
(graphics boards and CPU stuff) to make 3D rendering run fast.  You
should get DEC's PEX server product and forget the SI.

						-- Rich
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