How about a loaded GUI with all sorts of interprocess communication for lack
of speed under NEXTSTEP? ;)  Don't get me wrong, I like NEXTSTEP, but back
then that was a lot to ask of the kind of CPU.

Can someone run a couple of benchmarks under NEXTSTEP and NetBSD/next68k and
share the results with the rest of us?

btw: Great work getting the port done!

Cheers,
Chris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-next68k-owner@NetBSD.ORG
> [mailto:port-next68k-owner@NetBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christopher Reid
> Palmer
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 1:37 PM
> To: port-next68k@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: status of the port
>
>
> On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Timothy J Luoma wrote:
>
> > > Currently, I only have access to 25Mhz 68040 NeXTs.
> >
> > Which is what I have too.
>
> I've got a Turbo Color; if you the developers get to the point where you
> need to test something out on such a machine, let me know.
>
> > I must say I was quite happy to hear this news, and subscribed
> to a bunch of
> > NetBSD lists as a result.
>
> Yeah me too. :)
>
> > Thanks for the work to get this happening.... the hardware is
> so excellent
> > but the OS is rather slow nowadays.... Personally, my slab can
> only take 32MB
> > of RAM so the opportunity to run a different Unix on it than
> NeXTStep is a
> > big plus.
>
> Well, I'm not sure RAM is the only issue for NEXTSTEP's (lack of) speed --
> I have 40MB in mine but it's still quite slow (although it swap much less
> of course). My feeling is that it's the microkernel architecture. :(
>
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