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Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 12:09:51 +0100
From: Ian Goldby <>
To: mgraffam@idsi.net
Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: NetBSD and LCII
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105041534070.711-100000@godel.critical.net>; from mgraffam@idsi.net on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:42:06PM -0400

On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 03:42:06PM -0400, mgraffam@idsi.net wrote:
> 
> I have a Mac LCII w/ 10M of RAM, and Asante Ethernet card. I'm thinking of
> installing a second 360M HD to put NetBSD on, and an FPU.
> 
> How is X performance on this machine?

I'm using X on an LC475 at 33 MHz with 20MB RAM. At present, Xmac68k_color is
using just under 3.5MB, and icewm, my favourite window manager is using just
over 1MB. When completely idle, the X server grabs around 3% of the cpu, 
rising to around 10% when moving X terminals around.

Response is ok, but not stunning. Typing into vi in an RXVT window can be
choppy if some other process is thrashing the disk. Ghostview and GIMP work
ok, although nedit is painfully slow.

Ian