Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ocsmd!van From: van@ocsmd.ocs.com (Van Gale) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: GNU-Emacs on Compaq 386 / SCO Xenix? Message-ID: <625@ocsmd.ocs.com> Date: 9 Dec 88 13:50:09 GMT References: <44985@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <79@adobe.COM> Reply-To: van@ocsmd.ocs.com (Van Gale) Organization: Online Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 18 vonzelow@adobe.COM (Jon von Zelowitz) writes: My experience with Unipress EMACS on a 386 makes me suspect that GNUmacs would also be dog-slow. I am now a happy user of Epsilon, an efficient reimplementation of The Concept. ken@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Ken) responds: Oh, but I beg to differ - I've been *very* impressed with the speed of GNU 18.52 on my Zenith 386 (16 Mhz, 6 Mb real memory). It loads and runs very fast, and I'm used to running it on a VAX 8530 and on a Sun 3/60. I would *highly* recommend GNU on a fast Xenix machine. I agree with Ken. From my experience GNU is much faster then Epsilon. I can't really compare with Unipress since I have only used it on a 286 (it was very slow--as all 286 software is of course :-). -- Van Gale van@ocsmd.OCS.COM ..!uunet!ocsmd!van