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From: "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long)
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 07:14:39 -0400
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.386bsd.questions: 12-Jul-93 Re: SUMMARY: 
486DX2/66 for.. by Amancio Hasty Jr@netcom. 
> have better performance than a sparc 2. If you opt for an et4000
> based card such as the Diamond SpeedStar Pro you will have about
> 1/8 or less the performance of an S3 801 in the suggested CPU
> configuration. Then again, with the Diamond cards you will have
> a tough time with just about any PD X server.

Diamond Speedstar Pro is a Cirrus chipset (and is accelarated)...I have
the box in front of me (stepmother just got one).  Otherwise, so stay
away from them for X...

alex