From: moose@swamp.alt.ns.ca (Michael 'Moose' Dinn) Subject: Re: TERM 1.0.7: How to speed it up? Date: Sun, 2 May 1993 11:27:27 GMT
roholdr@ccu.umanitoba.ca (R Ross Holder Jr) writes:
: 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.
I'd go for A here, since bandwidth is *always* a problem. C is not a
problem unless you're swapping a lot (is your disk having a field
day as you play? yes? Get more RAM...)