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From: koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: TeX History (was Re: Word-processing recommendations)
Message-ID: <13910007@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Jan 90 14:54:33 GMT
References: <9489@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -FtCollins
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> [owns excellence!]
> of others it is not.  It is a little slow (though I could live with

Well, I'd tend to go a bit farther than "a little slow".  I'd say,
"almost unbearibly slow".  It is fine for very small files, but I have
found that it can't really handle documents over 8 pages, especially
if you are a touch typist.

I have a ~ 100 page file stored in excellence!, and if I want to insert or
delete text at the beginning of that file, I can wait up to 2 minutes
before my characters appear!  Even after I got one of those CMI boards,
I can still wait a minutes or more after I press return and before I can
insert my text.  I'd love it if it was faster.

        - steve