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- Subject: E/D bugs, betas and Warp speed
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- From: Anton Callaway <asc3@cornell.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:45:48 -0400 (EDT)
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- 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.
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- 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
-