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- From: jonm@Ingres.COM (Don't Judge a book by your cover)
- Subject: Verrrrrry Slow Dos Prompt BOX
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.093626.3320@pony.Ingres.COM>
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- Date: 4 Jan 93 09:36:26 GMT
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- I have set up my dos prompt to be windows within the PIF setup.
- I have 4M using a 486 33MHz. I have about 12M of swap space set up.
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- Why why why why does the machine hang for abominably long periods when I try
- to do average commands like copy/del etc. I have done the same on a little
- compaq/386 and there was no problem?
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- Jon
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