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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
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Subject: Re: When VI was designed...
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Date: 10 May 91 18:40:30 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.

Yes, I know, but there's another secret:  It's even _faster_ when you have
a fast modem.   It's not too much different unless you are deleting large
sections of text or doing a lot of scrolling, but there is a definite
difference.

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