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Date:      Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:19:20 +0800
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 486 - Pushing it for an X-Server?
Message-ID:  <19980428121920.25294@papillon.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <3541F5F7.843520BE@tdx.co.uk>; from Karl Pielorz on Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 03:40:55PM %2B0100
References:  <3541F5F7.843520BE@tdx.co.uk>

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On Sat, 25 April 1998 at 15:40:55 +0100, Karl Pielorz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a 486DX4-100 which I would like to use as a 'remote' terminal system
> for my main machine (which is a dual PPro 200 running 3.0-CURRENT).
>
> The 486 has 16Mb of RAM and a Trident (!Chipset forgotten - but supported by
> SVGA X-Server!) VESA Local bus card.

With that combination, the CPU isn't going to be the limiting factor.
You would get better performance with more memory, and a faster
display board would be of advantage if you're doing heavy graphics.
If I had that particular combination, I'd add another 16 MB memory,
but that relates to my usage of X (many windows, mainly text).

Greg

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