Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!ames!lll-tis!lll-winken!tekbspa!optilink!brad From: brad@optilink.UUCP (Brad Yearwood) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: GNU-Emacs on Compaq 386 / SCO Xenix? Summary: GNU Emacs is not slow on a 386. Message-ID: <699@optilink.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 18:29:59 GMT References: <44985@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <79@adobe.COM> Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 10 GNU Emacs is _not_ slow on a 386. On a non-cached 16MHz 386 machine with 8MB of memory running Interactive Systems' 386/ix, GNU Emacs started quickly enough and had crisp response - snappier than I see on a Sun 3/50. If you have enough memory to to keep paging quiet, expect excellent performance. It might even be reasonably happy in 4MB on a 386, as you're typically not carrying the overhead of a window system. Brad Yearwood Optilink Corp. {pixar, tekbspa}!optilink!brad Petaluma, CA