Re: System 7 slowness

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From: Steve Goldfield;232HMB;3-6292;;M...
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 22:37

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In article <4166@n-kulcs.cs.kuleuven.ac.be> kpottie@icarus.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Pottie Karl) writes:
#>I don't know what you're all talking about. Except for a little
#>slowdown in printing (probably truetype), system 7 at least *seems* to 
#>be faster than system 6. Startup is a *lot* faster (extentions
#>load faster). 
#>I'm wondering if there are circumstances which cause system 7 to be
#>slow, because I am very satisfied with system 7 (SE/30;5 Mb ram;
#>40 Mb Quantum; Deskwriter).
#>
#>Karl

I am told that the slowness in printing is caused by the fact
that system 7 sends the complete laser prep file each time it
prints. It does so reportedly to avoid future compatibility
problems as new version come out.

Steve Goldfield

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