Subject: Re: SE/30 speeds
To: charlie allom <charlie@pobox.com>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/07/1999 10:48:37
On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, charlie allom wrote:
> oh yeah, could my slow speeds be due to the 'dt' program?
>
> im using 1.1.7 i think.. and i only run 2 virtual terms at once.
>
with 8MB, the real issue is that you're probably making heavy use of swap
space. Anything you have running makes it worse. I found with 5MB, X was
essentially unusable due to always swapping. With 20MB, X was fine.
Don't know how much memory dt takes.
-Dan