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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ckd
  4. From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
  5. Subject: Re: Why is initial screen I/O so slow? (=NeWS!)
  6. In-Reply-To: baby@info.polymtl.ca's message of Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:51:30 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <CKD.92Aug15180857@loiosh.eff.org>
  8. Sender: usenet@eff.org (NNTP News Poster)
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  10. Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
  11. References: <1992Aug10.123858.15682@fel.tno.nl>
  12.     <1992Aug10.170900.6655@nenufar.saclay.cea.fr>
  13.     <1992Aug10.232537.16251@sq.sq.com>
  14.     <BABY.92Aug13155132@turing.info.polymtl.ca>
  15. Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 22:08:59 GMT
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  17.  
  18. PG> == Philippe Grant <baby@info.polymtl.ca> 
  19. LQ> == lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) writes:
  20.  
  21.  LQ> You can get a small speed-up by disabling the "OpenWinsow 3" banner
  22.  LQ> at startup.
  23.  
  24.  PG> ...and would you share the wealth?  How would a common mortal go
  25.  PG> about disabling this banner?
  26.  
  27. Well, we did it here by installing X11R5 (which has other advantages,
  28. and the primary disadvantage is that we can't use AnswerBook [easily]).
  29.  
  30. Of course, this solution is not for those who need some OW3-only
  31. functionality, or who have a corporate requirement for vendor-supported
  32. software.
  33.  
  34. --
  35. Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
  36.             ``Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ti Kwan Leep.
  37.             Approach me that you might see.'' -- The Master
  38.