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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5546 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:48:41 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!psinntp!sugar!karl From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Subject: Re: [386bsd] xfig Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 08:00:17 GMT Message-ID: <Bzt28I.BGC@NeoSoft.com> Keywords: xfig slowness References: <1992Dec22.221238.29730@ennews.eas.asu.edu> Lines: 14 In article <1992Dec22.221238.29730@ennews.eas.asu.edu> berry@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Joel R. Berry) writes: >Is the 386bsd system >that much slower at running applications? No, it should not be. We had a problem not too long ago where one of our motherboards was not going into turbo. You might obtain the dhrystone benchmarks or equivalent and run them on your various machines. The results should be fairly close between the different OSes. Another thing is memory. If you don't have enough, your system will crawl. 12 meg minimum for X IMHO. -- -- Email info@NeoSoft.com for info on getting interactive Internet access. "In a minute, I'll burp up your droid."