Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!psueea!parsely!agora!putz!morgand From: morgand@putz.uucp (Dave Morgan) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Re: RE: A New Topic -- Tuning News Message-ID: <1965@putz.uucp> Date: 10 Feb 90 12:42:58 GMT References: <903.25cdb672@simpact.com> Organization: Organization? What organization? Lines: 25 Regarding NEWS performance, In article <903.25cdb672@simpact.com>, jeh@simpact.com writes: > The thing I'm most unhappy about wrt NEWS performance is the startup time, > ie the time from when I type NEWS at the DCL prompt until I see my first > unread item or newsgroup directory or whatever. Once it's started I think > the performance is acceptable, except for.... > I agree with this -- especially in light of the fact that NEWS gets invoked for *each* batch of news that needs to be added. I usually receive on the order for 100-150 news batches per day which amounts to lots of wasted CPU time just in invoking NEWS. > ...the constant returning to the news item directory when it's unnecessary > (from my point of view, anyway). > This is another biggie on my "hit" list. This is especially frustrating when reading news from a 2400 baud line. -- Dave Morgan 503-643-7401 (H) putz!morgand 503-642-6311 (W)