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id m0uB7tE-0007s4C; Sun, 21 Apr 96 16:45 MDT Received: from CU-DIALUP-0917.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (CU-DIALUP-0917.CIT.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.155.95]) by postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA00878 for <executor@ardi.com>; Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:45:48 -0400 (EDT) Mime-version: 1.0 Message-id: <199604212245.SAA00878@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu> Subject: E/D bugs, betas and Warp speed To: executor@ardi.com X-mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 From: Anton Callaway <asc3@cornell.edu> Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-sender: asc3@postoffice1.mail.cornell.edu Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:45:48 -0400 (EDT) Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com Precedence: bulk Downloaded beta0 r2, then r3. First of all, the graphics (icons, splash screen, etc.) look great! Also, I can read Mac formatted Zip disks on my parallel drive! This is a great addition! NIH Image ran rather zippily (sorry) off of the Zip drive considering my ancient machine (386DX25, 20 MB RAM, Herc Dyna Pro with 2 MB DRAM). I can no longer read IBM or Mac-formatted Zip disks under Warp with the beta's, but I guess that's due to the removed code, coupled with the way a VDM is handled by Warp... (please correct me if I'm wrong and even if this is sort-of right- I'd be interested in a more intelligent explanation than the one I just guessed.) I can read/write IBM Zips under Warp with 1.99q12. I don't know if Speedometer readings are valid under the crippled beta0's, but I ran the tests anyway under DOS and Warp (with 16 MB DPMI memory allocated). Here are the results along with results from previous E/D versions, since I made a mistake in one of my earlier posts. 1.99p6 DOS PR rating = 0.236 (Speedometer didn't run under Warp) 1.99p9 DOS = 0.311 1.99p9 Warp = 1.164 1.99q12 DOS = 1.197 1.99q12 Warp = 1.063 beta0r2 DOS = 1.027 beta0r2 Warp = 1.016 I still don't really notice a slowdown when running apps, but Speedometer says it's a little slower than q12. I also copied down the various traceback messages when attempting to run PhotoWorks for MacIntosh under q12, beta0r2 and r3, but since I figure that the crashes are due to a need for Quicktime support by this app, that I won't send it in unless you request it. (PhotoWorks can be downloaded free