From: roholdr@ccu.umanitoba.ca (R Ross Holder Jr) Subject: Re: TERM 1.0.7: How to speed it up? Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 00:03:58 GMT
I've found Term 1.0.7 to be a very elegant piece of software. Though
there is definately room for improvement from my perspective.
I'm running a 386-33 with a 105MB harddisk dedicated to Linux (10MB of
which is allocated as a swapspace) and 4MB ram. My connection with my
University's machine is 38400 (v.42 biz) and I have term's compression
turned off. Using tredir I run Netrek on my home machine and things
actually work amazingly well - untill I get into a fight. Then things bog
down - particularly when I try launching a cloud of torpedoes at someone
or if they launch things at me.
Does anyone know which of the below is causing this? Is it:
a) My modem speed is too slow - Xwindows terminal links with their servers
are much faster than a 38400 serial connection.
b) My computer is too slow and can't process the incoming information fast
enough. The solution is an upgrade to a 50+ MHz machine.
c) My computer hasn't enough ram for Linux to work properly, particularly
given the demands Netrek places on the system. The solution to the
problem is a memory upgrade to 8+ MB ram.
d) Term and tredir cause the lag. An improvement in performance is
impossible. The solution here, is a SLIP link.
e) None of the above.
f) A combination of some/all (of) the above.
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