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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: clr problem
Message-ID: <2148@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 12 Mar 89 16:37:18 GMT
References: <75229WHV@PSUVM>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <75229WHV@PSUVM> INFO-MINIX@UDEL.EDU writes:
>
>	I have Minix 1.3 running now, but have an odd thing
>	happening with clr.c.  It takes about 10 seconds to
>	clear the screen.  

I would suggest doing: chmem +8000 clr
to see what happens.  The stdio package often tries to malloc memory
and if that fails, does everything 1 character at a time.  This makes
things slow.  I don't know if this is relevant here, but it is worth a
try.  When you figure out what is going on, please post a short note.
This sort of problem is reported not infrequently.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)