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From: mlewis@unocss.UUCP (Marcus S. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: (none)
Message-ID: <1169@unocss.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 89 22:32:52 GMT
References: <24ce6859@kendra.wf.ags.com>
Organization: U. of Nebraska at Omaha
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From article <24ce6859@kendra.wf.ags.com>, by ahd@kendra.wf.ags.com (Drew Derbyshire):
> Has anyone else besides Marcus seen characters drop on input to UNIX
> systems?  There's really no reason for it to happen, unless you can
> type 150 words a minute.
 
> The subject is Kermit-MS, of course.  

Well, it DID! I will point out that it wasn't while dealing with a
shell, but within uEmacs 3.9 (on a Sequent Balance).  There may be an
interaction there that you can't control.  Then again, 2.29 never causes
me a problem, modulo fat fingers.  How big is the input buffer? I know
that my instantaneous speed goes way over 100 wpm on certain letter
combinations.  It should be obvious I am not a touch typist just from
that statement.  Continuous typing though, I hit around 40-50 wpm. 
I assume the 150 wpm figure is a ballpark figure, or have you been running
numbers through your machine?  Mine is, BTW, a 7.5 MHz "upgraded" machine,
with an old motherboard but a Hard Disk PS.

Marc

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