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From: poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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
Followup-To: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd
Date: 16 Jul 1993 22:28:07 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, ATE division, San Jose, Ca.
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Dave Evans (keyman@Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: 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.
SS-1, SunOS 4.1.1, 16Mb RAM, OW 3.0, CG3 frame buffer.
Classic, Solaris 2.2, 16Mb RAM, OW 3.2, CG3 frame buffer.
I am ordering a 32Mb memory upgrade, that may solve the problem.
Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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