Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!jvnca!njitsc1!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.terminals Subject: Re: VT100's keeping up at high baud rates Message-ID: <930@argus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 21:35:03 EDT Article-I.D.: argus.930 Posted: Mon Jun 29 21:35:03 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 03:08:51 EDT References: <1149@carthage.swatsun.UUCP> <8601@tekecs.TEK.COM> <6828@mimsy.UUCP> <8959@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Organization: NJ Instit. of Tech: TEIES Project Lines: 36 Xref: mnetor comp.sources.d:915 comp.terminals:337 In article <8959@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: [edited discussion on 'need' for flow control in terminals and how fast a human can read] > I doubt you could read a terminal running at 1200b for a sustained > period of time, yet I'd bet you prefer a higher speed. Why? > > Two good examples of this are Emacs' incremental > search where often a squinty-eyed view of the screen tells you you > need another screenful (eg. looking for a function definition, you > don't need to even focus your eyes to see you haven't found it yet in > most languages) and games (ok, maybe not the most serious application, > but I think it's an example of something.) > -Barry Shein, Boston University Here's an actual example: a few years ago I worked a part time job in collge typesetting for a print shop. Sometimes I'd would have to look over someone else's work on the computer and correct spelling. When I read the file off of disk, the file displayed on the screen at about 4800-9600 baud. I was able to catch most of the spelling errors while it was displayed at that rate. My employer thought that I was joking around when I did this, but when I went exactly to the mistakes and corrected them, she thought I had pretty good reading. My personal view on the terminal update speed, computer speed, compiler speed, etc. is simple: *FASTER* *BETTER* *STRONGER*! We have the techology (to quote the Six Million Dollar Man). ... This signature was put in in a way to bypass the ... bogus artificial line limit on the .signature file. ... Also, by its length it adds fodder to help avoid having ... my followups being bounced due to the restriction on ... followup articles. Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp !ihnp4!allegra!bellcore!argus!ken *** NOT ken@bellcore.uucp *** bitnet(prefered) ken@orion.bitnet