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In article <4538@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) says:
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>I tried Word Perfect and Turbo C on PC-Ditto.  Both are way too slow
>to be useful, in my opinion.  I expected WP to be OK since it is an
>interactive program but it is rather slow on a real 8088 and about
>4 or 5 times slower still in PC-Ditto.  20+ seconds to jump from one
>end of a 30K file to another.  Disgusting.
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I agree.  I recently had a chance to try a friend's copy of pc-ditto
with WP.  I was appalled by the speed (or, should I say, the *lack* of
speed) of the emulation.  This really surprised me since most magazine
reviews (which I generally trust) of this product proclaimed 'How Great'
it was.  Personally, I find pc-ditto to be totally useless for doing any
meaningful work.  Considering the fact that a good pc-emulation
system will run you about $400 ($80 for pc-ditto, $120 for upgrade to
1 megabyte ram, $200 for 5 1/4 drive with power supply, cable, etc), you'd
be better-off spending $200 more for a cheap PC-clone.
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