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Received: from ftp.ardi.com (ftp.ardi.com [204.134.8.1]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA26805 for <executor@nacm.com>; Sun, 3 Dec 1995 19:13:45 -0800 Received: from ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tMRLH-0007q8n; Sun, 3 Dec 95 20:13 MST Path: sloth.swcp.com!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!jobone!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!warwick!news.shef.ac.uk!newsmaster@sheffield From: A.C.Pugh@shef.ac.uk (Andy the Pugh) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor Subject: Re: Will executor run on a 286 Date: 1 Dec 1995 15:54:33 GMT Organization: Mechanical And Process Engineering, University of Sheffield , UK Lines: 18 Message-ID: <49n8fp$i41@hippo.shef.ac.uk> References: <DIvGor.2F0@uns.bris.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc057069.shef.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.1 To: executor@nacm.com X-MailNews-Gateway: From newsgroup comp.emulators.mac.executor Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk In article <DIvGor.2F0@uns.bris.ac.uk>, pldab@uns.bris.ac.uk (Dan Brickley) says: > > >This newsgroup has just popped up on my list, so I thought it a good time to >ask a stupid question: I've seen executor running very nicely on a 486 PC, >but is there any chance it'll run on a decrepid 286? > >dubiously, It is unfeasibly slow on a 386/25 (mine). Using Speedometer I get CPU 0.910, Graphics 0.912, Disk 0.617 and Math 2.113. I think that, compatibility issues aside, it would be almost geologically slow with a 286. Sell the 286 and buy an old Mac. ap