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[Howard Eisenberger <howarde AT gmx.net>]

On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 10:53:19AM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:

> > With no coprocessor (SX/SLC/DLC) and only 8mb RAM, a full
> > graphical browser is not viable.  You will be able to see 
> > individual images, but full-blown graphics is just too 
> > demanding.  X uses the copro for screen rendering -- you 
> > get a big performance hit when there is no copro.  The 
> > 486DX (and every CPU after that) has a built-in copro.  
> > Add-on copros are available for 386s and 486s.
> 
> Is 8M enough to run Links 2.1.9 graphical using svgalib instead of X?
> Does svgalib also use the coprocessor?

It works on my P133 with mem=8M, but not on my 486sx with 8mg ram.

Howard E.