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From: keyman@Eng.Sun.COM (Dave Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 (SunOS 4.1.3) on Classic/LX
Date: 16 Jul 1993 02:29:25 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
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poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
>I hope it is faster. My manager volunteered to be the Guinea pig for Solaris
>2.2, and he claims it is far slower running OpenWindows on a Classic than
>running OpenWindows on a SS-1 running 4.1.1.
Did the SS1 happen to have a GX frame buffer? The Classic does not
have a GX on the motherboard, which can make a _BIG_ difference in how
it feels when running a window system.
Please post the configuration information for the two machines so that
we, the net, can make reasonable observations.
Thanks,
-dAve
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