operating systems - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Jan 1998

In a message dated 98-01-02 20:03:36 EST, you write:

<< 
...
  Right. And if you ran MS Works 2.0 for DOS on an XT,
which was  unfortunately
...
  what had to be done for a while with me, it would show
characters maybe a
 second after they are type, especially on a Leading Edge Model D, which  was
...
  first priority to replace among the 8 XTs that were
slowly being phased  out.

 I've used MSW on XT's (even a PC), and I don't remember its being all that
 slow. What were you doing? Editing War & Peace?

...
  MS-DOS edit or Windows Write works very much faster.
(Don't get me wrong  here,
...
  I love the Leading Edge Model D, it's just so damn
slow)  
 I think they're pretty quick (faster than the IBM XT, anyway!)

...
 > Actually, It took a few minutes for works
even to start up! We were editing
one-page documents. The Leading Edge Model D I have had two experiences with.
In one case it was ENIAC-speed (clock? oh, yeah, it's 3:30!) and the other it
was 286-speed.