X server for original PC (8088/8086)

[Eric Smith]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Steven M Jones <classiccmp at crash.com> wrote:
> Models             Display  Resolution  Planes  Processor  Coprocessor
> ------             -------  ----------  ------  ---------  -----------
> 700/X Grayscale      19"     1024x768     8    34010/60MHz 80186/16MHz
> 700/X VGA Color      14"      640x480     8    34010/60MHz 80186/16MHz
> 700/X Hi-Res Color   16"     1024x768     8    34010/60MHz 80186/16MHz

Before anyone gets too excited about the blistering speed of the 60
MHz TMS34010, it should be noted that each TMS34010 instruction cycle
takes eight clock cycles, so the instruction cycle rate is only 7.5
MHz, and of course many instructions take multiple instruction cycles,
so the instruction rate is even lower.  However, since it has a
graphics-optimized instruction set, it was still able to do some
things noticeably faster than the 16 MHz 80186 would have.