[rescue] several second lag...

[Mac MacCorkle]

I only get that when i am ssh'd into somewhere, with 24.4 dialup it is not
too fun

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hansen" <n2vip at yahoo.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [rescue] several second lag...


> Joshua,
>
> You *can't* be serious!
>
> Several seconds delay? Try this little expreiment:
>
>     <simulate pressing a key on the keyboard>
>
>     Repeat the following out loud:
>         one thousand one
>         one thousand two
>         one thousand three
>
>     <simulate seeing the key you pressed displaying on the screen>
>
> You *really* think that is what it is like to use a machine with a CPU
> clocked under 200 MHz?
>
> Every MS product, from DOS 1.X on 4.77 MHz 8088 systems on to todays 1.4
GHz
> WinXP monsters has had the text appear "instantly" on the screen after
> typing it.
>
> Honestly, what is the slowest system clock/CPU/OS combination you have
used?
>
> Ken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "joshua d boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: rescue digest, Vol 1 #1783 - 14 msgs
>
>
> > > Personally, I dont think people can tell a difference between a
> > > 200Mhz CPU and a 1.4Ghz CPU, if you take away things like HD
> > > speed / program loading time / etc.
> >
> > The difference is that on a 1.4ghz machine, you type and as you do what
> > you type appears on the screen, but on a 200mhz machine there is a
several
> > second lag between typing and seeing.  This occurs only under certain
OSs
> > mind you.
>
>
>
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