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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Answers to RAM SIMMs/IIci questions
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Date: 27 Sep 89 23:25:43 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Sep 26 21:59:00 1989


Here are some IIci questions:

If you buy a 1Mb IIci, and want to use the built-in video 8-bit video,

(a) What is the CPU slowdown (%) due to cycle-stealing?
(b) Isn't the resulting system memory (1Mb - 640*480 bytes)
pathetically small?

So doesn't that mean you must buy 2Mb of memory to use the built-in
video?  I wonder if the built-in video is cost effective AT ALL on the
IIci??  Or is it just a heck of a lot faster than any Nubus video
cards on the market?


Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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