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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:

> > Yes, but for me they vary between "a bit slow" and "so slow they miss
> > out characters".
> 
> The only time I've had anything *that* slow is at times like now, when
> MacSoup is expiring old headers (oops - I was lying.  StuffitExpander
> was de-hqxing a file at that moment).  Which does seem to imply that
> you've got a process processing away for some reason.

Not a visible one, though.  It seems to have something to do with being
on the Net even when there's no data passing either way.


> Hmm...  Have you tried re-building your desktop and then zapping your
> PRAM (with TechTool to keep time the `time in use' info)?  Just a
> thought.

Yes.  I've actually lost my "time in use" thingy in a recent mishap, as
it happens.  Anyone want to buy a 1997 6200?-)


> I think I've mentioned I used to see this sort of behaviour myself (Perf
> 475 Sys 7.1 no RAM Doubler or ATM or anything like that) for no apparent
> reason - re-building the desktop and (in extreme cases) re-installing
> the OS fixed the problem; I never found out exactly what was going on.
> I strongly suspect that it's got something to do with extensions and
> control panels doing something eccentric.

Restarting always works for me.  Oddly enough, hearing someone else has
found this effect happening for no apparent reason feels quite
reassuring.

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