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In article <601@tekno.chalmers.se> d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) writes:
>I just got McSink V6.5 from the net and it looks good. I have found a few
>things, though, that makes me hesitate to pay the shareware fee or even to
>buy the full-featured commercial version.

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>The text editor (in other aspects fine; can handle large [>32K] files) is
>IMMENSLY slow. When I have typed a few words, I have to sit back and wait
>for the characters to laboriously make their way to the screen. OK, it might
>be my system configuration, although I don't think so (System 6.0.2, no INITs
>except Suitcase II). If this were to be fixed, I might consider buying a
>legitimate version, but not now.

I had been a McSink user for some time until a upgraded to Vantage, its
commercial counterpart.  I am _extermely_ satisfied with the latter, finding
the Vantage DA invaluable for editing messages and binhexed up/downloads for
telecommunications.

I had never noted the slow screen updating in versions of McSink that I had
used in the past.  However I installed (via Suitcase II) McSink 6.5 and indeed
experienced the same problem as noted above.  (I am running Sys. 6.0.2 with
several INITs on a 1 Meg Mac Plus.)  Also, I have a friend who has noted the
same problem on his Mac II.

Immediately after closing McSink, I opened Vantage and, as usual, noticed _no_
delay in screen updating when typing.  I tried typing "garbage" by willy-nilly
hitting as many keys as quickly as I possibly could and even then Vantage was
just a character or two behind me.

Thus I think the problem noted in the original article is limited to McSink
(and very possibly to only this latest version of McSink).  I can
unequivocally state that the slow updating does not occur using Vantage on my
Mac.

Please note that I am merely a satisfied customer of the Vantage suppliers,
and have no other relation with them.

Jim


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Jim Macak  <lakesys!macak@csd1.milw.wisc.edu>