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From: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Re: Mega ST4 slows down and seizes ...
Message-ID: <9003291825.AA15767@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
References: <1990Mar26.145406.13953@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <2775@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 90 18:27:24 GMT
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In article <2775@sactoh0.UUCP>, mfolivo@sactoh0.UUCP (Mark F. Newton) writes:
>
>Hmmm... I don't have any problems of the sort that you describe,
>although my programs are different, my system doesn;t slow down to
>a crawl.
>
>I have a Mega 4, use GDOS, and use Microsoft Write. The documents
>that I work on are around 50-60 pages, and sometimes I have four
>documents in memory. I have configured a 2Mb Ramdrive using the
>Rambaby program (Intersect) and have QSTAUTO (a graphics speedup
>program), FSELV6 (a file selector) and FOLDR100 in my AUTO folder.
>
>I suspect it might be the driver somehow slowing the system down...
>
>
>-- 
>                             Mark Newton-John
>   (ames att sun)!pacbell! \      Sakura-mendo, CA
>           ucdavis!csusac! - sactoh0!mfolivo
>              uunet!mmsac! /      the good guys!

You could try installing G+Plus instead of GDOS.  This should result in a   
speed increase.

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