Re: 560 display slowdown

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From: Steve Parker (sparker_at_morgana.punk.net)
Date: Sun Jul 06 1997 - 22:03:52 EDT


On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Swartz, Charles wrote:

> I just installed Office 97 in my 560 and immediately noticed a latency
> delay in the display. This is true while typing text in the ordinary
> way - a slight lag. It's very apparent during a dial-up networking
> session, where 95 displays a dialog box upon connection with the
> "minutes and seconds connected". The seconds do not appear regularly,
> but every few digits lag.
>
> The 560 has 40 MB of RAM and is otherwise unexceptionable.
>
> Any ideas to fine-tune? It's really annoying....

  If it is any consolation Word 97 runs like a dog on my TP560-120/40MB
system too. It is also slow on my P100/64MB desktop. I think the basic
problem is that Microsoft couldn't code an eficient app if their lives
depended on it.

Steve


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