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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: McSink - nothing for a speedy typist!
Message-ID: <1068@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 12 Mar 89 14:45:34 GMT
References: <601@tekno.chalmers.se>
Reply-To: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Organization: DP&W, New York, NY
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In article <601@tekno.chalmers.se> d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) writes:
>The text editor (in other aspects fine; can handle large [>32K] files) is
>IMMENSLY slow. When I have typed a few words, I have to sit back and wait
>for the characters to laboriously make their way to the screen. OK, it might
>be my system configuration, although I don't think so (System 6.0.2, no INITs
>except Suitcase II). If this were to be fixed, I might consider buying a
>legitimate version, but not now.

I've noticed the same thing.  The previous version was OK, but 6.5 is
quite slow.  However, I've only noticed this problem when running under
UniFinder; under Multifinder, it's not nearly as annoying (it's still
none too speedy, though).

I, too, am waiting for an update.

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