From: ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman ) Subject: Re: Will this system do for *good* X Windows? Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1993 14:01:16 GMT
rickt@bnr.co.uk (Rick Tait) writes:
: I'm just about to go out and buy a new 486 to be used exclusively as a
: Linux machine (*spit* to MS-DROSS), and I am a bit worried that this
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hear hear!!!!
: setup will not be sufficient for fast and responsive X. Can someone tell
: me otherwise?
:
: Setup:
: 486DX 33Mhz, 8MB RAM, 211MB HD (IDE)
: ET4000 Local Bus SVGA Card (1MB)
: 1024x768 SVGA NI Monitor
:
: Will this be sufficient for responsive X, say with four xterms (and a few
: other clients) running?
If your video card isn't being clocked in some dumb-assed proprietary way, I
think you've got the world at your feet! I'd grab it in a tick-tock myself!
As for being "responsive", it should kick some serious butt! I mean more than
enough RAM, blazing fast video (local bus), rather large hard disk, and a
screamin'ly fast processor, I'd say GET IT.
:
: Another question: How easy is it to hang on dumb terminal off the serial
: port of my PC and have it accept logins?
:
:
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