Baslinux mailing list

[3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org]

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > Some old video cards are very slow.  Very, very slow.
> 
> We have a 386 board into which we put 4M RAM and tested 
> two video cards with it.  First was 512K video RAM

8bit or 16bit?

> Then we put in our fastest ISA video card with 1MB RAM 
> and it displayed just as slowly.  

I found a big difference between 8bit VGA video cards and
16bit VGA cards. VLB video cards are even faster.

> I would not try to use a 386 as an Xterminal because of 
> video speed, even with a fast video card, a copro, or 
> 8MB RAM

A 386dx40 with 8mb RAM works fine as an Xterminal
(particularly when it's running VLB video).  I ran
such an Xterminal for a long time.  It performed well
(better in fact than my 486sx25).

Cheers,
Steven

____________________________
http://www.basiclinux.com.ru