On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, der Mouse wrote:

> > 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.

Another thing I find ok is to use X. In an Xterm, you scroll a much
smaller part of the screen. :-)

Take care,

Bill