Dave Burgess <burgess@s069.infonet.net> mumbled:

>> > From:	IN%"thorpej@nas.nasa.gov"  "Jason Thorpe" 10-MAR-1995 16:27:14.20

>> >  "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> wrote:
>> >  > It used to take me three to four days on my old 386DX/33 with 5MB of
>> >  > RAM and IDE drives, though. :-)

>> > It once took me ~1wk on an hp320... :-/

>> Are these long compile times due to the speed of the computer, or are there
>> other things running on them at the same time slowing them down?

>Mike's problem is that he lived in Iowa then and they had slower
>electricity. ;-)

Which is to explain why Dave is always having problems with his SLIP
connection...  it's those flat phone lines out there in Nebraska that
don't conduct high frequencies very well...

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