On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> Another issue is the speed of the NetBSD machine you are using.  A
> II-series machine will be very slow.  A Quadra will be OK, but no speed
> demon by modern standards.
> 
> IMHO a 680[23]0 machine will be too slow for realistic assignments, but
> usable for hello world class stuff.  Also OK for a lot of
> networking/routing work.

depends...  If I had to choose between sitting for hours in a lab on
campus (an hour from where I live) vs using my IIci, I might think pretty
seriously about the IIci.  But yes, it is certainly no speed demon.  At
least one pkgsrc program I use takes 17 hours to compile.

-Dan