Re: XGS is really, really neat.

[Erik Gachot <gachot@sicile.vbe.dec.com>]

Ian Schmidt wrote:
> 
> In article <58g14e$nid@hecate.umd.edu>,
> David Andrew Ross <snakey@Glue.umd.edu> wrote:
> >     If you haven't taken a look at XGS yet, and you've got access to a
> >UNIX box, you should really check it out.  Right now I'm running
> >System 6.0.1 off of a SparcStation 4 on the other side of campus over
> >the net.  =)  It's only running at about half a Mhz, so it's slow, but
> >otherwise it's exactly like a real GS!
> >
> >     It really is a pain to go ripping ROMs, uploading them, making
> >disk images, and getting XGS compiled, but it's worth it.
> 
> FWIW, I get around 2.5 MHz on my Pentium 133 running Linux 2.0.26.  And it
> is indeed a lot of fun, even if Nathan disapproves ;)

	I get 1.5 MHz on a DECstation 3000 running at 255 Mhz running DUNIX.
	It's quite slow, But very nice.

		-Erik.