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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
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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