bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) (05/10/91)
> > Editing... if you want to use vi to edit your replies and cut down the > > quoted text, its a lot slower at 2400. > > Let me let you in on a secret: when VI was designed at Berkeley the *fast* > terminals were running at 1200 and 2400 baud. Most terminals were 110 or > 300 baud. VI is *designed* for slow terminals, and is quite usable on them > if you set it up right. Uhh, when VI was designed at Berkeley, the *fast* CPUs were substantially less than 1 MIPS. VI was designed for that situation as well - you *have* stayed true to that standard and refused to use any faster CPUs, haven't you? Also, as I recall, the really *big* hard disks were the 10MB jobbies. Also, you did your spreadsheets by hand. <grin> Bert Tyler bert@helix.nih.gov
rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) (05/11/91)
> > Editing... if you want to use vi to edit your replies and cut down the > > quoted text, its a lot slower at 2400. > > Let me let you in on a secret: when VI was designed at Berkeley the *fast* > terminals were running at 1200 and 2400 baud. Most terminals were 110 or > 300 baud. VI is *designed* for slow terminals, and is quite usable on them > if you set it up right. Yes, I know, but there's another secret: It's even _faster_ when you have a fast modem. It's not too much different unless you are deleting large sections of text or doing a lot of scrolling, but there is a definite difference. -- Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold