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From: bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler)
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Subject: When VI was designed...
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Date: 9 May 91 23:24:36 GMT
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> > Editing...  if you want to use vi to edit your replies and cut down the
> > quoted text, its a lot slower at 2400.
>
> Let me let you in on a secret: when VI was designed at Berkeley the *fast*
> terminals were running at 1200 and 2400 baud. Most terminals were 110 or
> 300 baud. VI is *designed* for slow terminals, and is quite usable on them
> if you set it up right.

Uhh, when VI was designed at Berkeley, the *fast* CPUs were substantially
less than 1 MIPS.  VI was designed for that situation as well - you *have*
stayed true to that standard and refused to use any faster CPUs, haven't
you?  Also, as I recall, the really *big* hard disks were the 10MB jobbies.
Also, you did your spreadsheets by hand.  <grin>

Bert Tyler
bert@helix.nih.gov