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Subject: Re: Picking a terminal emulator
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Date: Wed, 23-Jul-86 11:03:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 23 11:03:00 1986
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Nf-From: ico.UUCP!farmer    Jul 23 09:03:00 1986


>This brings up a question to CBM:  why is it so stinking hard to get
>fast emulation going on a 68000 box with a separate IOP!  It seems
>a bit ridiculous to me... maybe the OS is really getting in the way?
>Is the slowup all in the console driver?
Have you ever used a sun console?  It has a hard time doing 9600 baud -
doing bitmapped screens is expensive.  When someone is using the console,
the whole machine is slowed down dramaticly.  Of course the screen is
higher resolution.  I wouldn't blame the OS too much, look at how many times
you are doing translations when doing a terminal emulator.

Disclaimer:  Nobody will take responsibility for what I say, probably not
even me.