Hi !

On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Super-User wrote:

Writing that publicly as root ?

> On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 07:30:26AM -0700, Brian D Chase wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, J.S. Havard wrote:
> > 
> > > Might not be practical to run due to resource constraints...  Wouldn't
> > > happen to be talking aobut emacs by any chance?
> > 
> > Nah, emacs actually runs pretty well, even on my MicroVAX II.  It takes a
> > little while to load -- 15-20 sec, but is quite responsive once loaded.
> > The size in memory just after loading is 3212KB, so it's actually pretty
> > tight.
> 
> Mozilla 4 on an UltraSparc 10 (300 MHz clock) needs a bit less to load.
> Only 12 seconds.

With 2 Ultrasparcs @300 MHz it takes not even this. (Netscape Navigator 4.6)

> And I always wondered why Mozilla5 on a 50 MHz 68060 machine (at home)
> needs a whole minute to start up...

Just start it on an Intel-based box. You can have a Pentium-II-300, it takes
several seconds to get loaded. Maybe too much M$-compatible crap inside.

so long... Michael