> first thing i noticed is that even scrolling text on this machine is
> very slow compared to even a Pentium 200.

> [...] i notice that its not just scrolling but everything on this
> machine is very slow.. it took almost 5minutes to compile bash.

In my experience, macppc boxen are nice and zippy *provided* you don't
go near the screen.  Log in over the net, or use serial console, and
you should be fine.  Redirect output to /dev/null or a file, if you
must use the console.

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