In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joshua J. Kugler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Hmm. That sounded flat. I meant to say: Win4Lin under X under Linux on a
>486. :)
>
well we've been here before - on any long comp or file handling problem
I expect the speed is about 3/4s of native - but if you can define me
say a windows switching suite which I can run (the most likely Achille's
heel I reckon), I'll try.
Bob
?'All science is either maths or stamp-collecting' Lord Kelvin ?
>j----- k-----
>
>On Thursday 14 June 2001 12:07, you wrote:
>> OK, so this begs the question: what is speed like? Win4Lin under X under
>> Linux. Wow. Very cool.
>>
>> j-----k -----
>>
>> On Thursday 14 June 2001 01:19, you wrote:
>> > Ah well - to reply to my own posts!
>> > I asked
>> >
>> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, robert w hall
>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >
>> > >Previous versions of win4lin have run fine on my DX4-100 laptop, and the
>> > >current FAQ 'will win4lin work on a 486' reflects this position.
>> > >
>> > >Before I contemplate moving to v 3.0 on to this old but still useful box
>> > >can I check that it should still work on a 486.
>> >
>> > Well
>> > The following restricted tests still seem OK
>> >
>> > Elpack (a UK Election database with 80,000 entries) under dos
>> >
>> > Word 7a (aka Word-95) under win95 original
>> >
>> > both these tests on an IBM 755ce - DX4-100 with 24Mb RAM - running slack
>> > 4.0 with kernel 2.2.13
>> >
>> > (Bet you'ld never manage _that_ with VmWare!)
>> >
>> > >And can I request that we be given _explicit_ warning if the modules
>> > >were to come _compiled_ for pentium cpu only.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Bob
>> > >
>> > > I say this with feeling having just installed the latest version of
>> > >MI/X (v3.0.1, which is X11R6 based at last) on my wife's DX4-75 only to
>> > >have it lob out in 'invalid instruction', and be told by MicroImages
>> > >it's now compiled for a pentium only - this seems a peculiarly silly
>> > >decision - using a legacy box as a remote X-terminal must be pretty
>> > >common, and the change in speed in moving to pentium-only code barely
>> > >worthwhile.
>> >
>> > This seems to have got through to MicroImages! - they tell me MI/X 3.0.2
>> > _will_ again run on a 486. This is pleasing because MI/X 3.0.1 (run on a
>> > 686) will now remotely run win4lin without falling over (unlike MI/X 2),
>> > although some of the graphics imaging is a little flaky.
>
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robert w hall
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