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From: glf@sppy00.UUCP (Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: SuperLaserSpool Problems
Message-ID: <966@sppy00.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 90 20:44:45 GMT
References: <1990Oct9.210343.3330@cbnewsj.att.com>
Reply-To: glf@sppy00.UUCP (Greg Feldman-Hill)
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In article <1990Oct9.210343.3330@cbnewsj.att.com> dsk@cbnewsj.att.com (donald.s.klett) writes:
>I have a Mac SE, 4MB, HP DeskJet, about 10 INITs, MacPrint 1.2.  Also I am
>running ATM 2.0.  At first the SLS would completely monopolize the system.
>I talked with 5th Generation (Supermac sold SLS) tech support and they
>suggested [... suggestions and (very little) results removed ...]

And I thought it was just me.  I'm running a Mac+ with System 6.0.3,
2.5 MEG and a LaserWriterIISC with about 8-10 VERY standard, VERY
stable INITs, as well as ATM and TypeAlign (which is not to imply
that these last two aren't stable ...  they are).

When SLS2.0 is spooling a document, it can take 4, 6, or even 8 seconds
for the application to get control JUST so I can pull down a menu.
  Move-to-Menu, 
  Point, 
  Click, 
  W A I T   A   L O N G   T I M E,
  Menu-shows-up

AARRGGHHH!

5GS told me that it wasn't their fault, something else (another INIT) was
hogging the system.  The only INIT I have that should be continuously
monitoring the system would be Moire (screen saver), since it's
checking out the mouse position all the time as well as running a
timer to know when to kick in.  So, I removed it to see if they were
trying to steal CPU cycles from each other.  NOPE!  Almost no
difference.

I don't really care how long I wait for a doc to print.  I know that
the more work I'm doing in an application, the slower the doc will be
to print, but *I* want to decide that.  I'll choose a faster
responding application and a slower to print doc.

I guess 1) I'll live with it, 2) I'll try some more stuff to speed
SLS up, or 3) ...

>I will send it back for a refund.
>

Not quite a happy camper.
    -=< Greg >=-

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Greg Feldman-Hill  {seismo|cbosgd}!osu-cis!sppy00!glf  -OR-  gfh@rsch.oclc.org
OCLC - Online Computer Library Center ...  Dublin, Ohio      
    "If winning is not important, then Commander, why keep score?" -- Worf