Re: [NTLK] eMate speed question

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 14:09:03 EST


On 11/29/01 11:13 AM, "Daniel M. Drucker" <dmd_at_3e.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I just got an eMate as a gift, and have found that it's unreasonably slow:
>
> If I type "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" into the notepad,
> when I have finished typing, the screen has only drawn "the quick brown
> fox".
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows of either a way to fix this, or of an
> alternative to notepad for text entry that is faster. I realize the eMate
> isn't a fast machine to start with, but my old Apple II was able to keep up
> with my *typing*.

Even though the eMate is considerably slower than a 2x00, it should do
better than that.

Maybe a silly question, but was it new when you received it? If not, have
you done a "hard reset" to re-initialize it to its factory defaults, with
only the packages that are provided in ROM? If not, there might be some kind
of extension running in the back of your eMate that is sucking some of the
precious processor time.

-Laurent.

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candygrammar n.: A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic
sugar; the term is also a play on `candygram'. COBOL, Apple's Hypertalk
language, and a lot of the so-called `4GL' database languages share this
property. The usual intent of such designs is that they be as English-like
as possible, on the theory that they will then be easier for unskilled
people to program. This intention comes to grief on the reality that syntax
isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organization
required to specify an algorithm precisely that costs. Thus the invariable
result is that `candygrammar' languages are just as difficult to program in
as terser ones, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.

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