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Article #241Re: Searchlight
From: David Holland
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:14
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:14
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fnord@panix.com writes:
> In <DHOLLAND.92Jul26174525@husc10.harvard.edu> dholland@husc10.harvard.edu (David Holland) writes:
>
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> >I think I will throw in here that Searchlight has always struck me as a
> >brain-dead Citadel.
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> Interesting. When Searchlight was written there was no Citadel.
Really? Citadel dates to 1978 or so in its earliest forms.
> Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Besides, I doubt that
> Citadel really has the performance advantage of Searchlight (regardless of
> what "doc" thinks).
What performance advantage? Citadels are highly optimized for speed and
efficiency. Don't forget the early CP/M versions were limited to 64K of memory
and small floppy drives.
Can you run a Searchlight system off floppies on an XT and still get adequate
performance?
--
- David A. Holland dholland@husc.harvard.edu
Feel disillusioned? I've got some great new illusions...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc-news!dholland From: dholland@husc10.harvard.edu (David Holland) Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc Subject: Re: Searchlight Message-ID: <DHOLLAND.92Jul30221400@husc10.harvard.edu> Date: 31 Jul 92 05:14:00 GMT Article-I.D.: husc10.DHOLLAND.92Jul30221400 References: <Brv58H.54G@news.cso.uiuc.edu><1992Jul24.134212.7893@almserv.uucp><Brwy4I.BHo@ news.cso.uiuc.edu><1992Jul25.172208.9598@panix.com><DHOLLAND.92Jul26174525@husc10.harvard.edu><1992Jul27.153819.27911@panix.com> Organization: Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services, Cambridge, MA Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: husc10.harvard.edu In-reply-to: fnord@panix.com's message of Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:38:19 GMT