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Date:      Wed, 23 Dec 1998 14:29:28 -0800
From:      "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SPEED of Text OS
Message-ID:  <19981223142927.A9896@la.best.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981223095007.0081f410@powernet.net>; from Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski on Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 09:50:07AM -0800
References:  <3.0.5.32.19981223095007.0081f410@powernet.net>

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On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 09:50:07AM -0800, Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski wrote:
> Hello,	
> 	I've tried both Linux (Redhat 5.1) and PicoBSD but there has always been
> something that really nags me about the text OS and typing in general (even
> sometimes in X)... Why does the typing rate seem sluggish in the text os?
> The repeat rate for the keyboard is slow and overall typing is a tad bit
> muckier than in say... DOS... 

This is because the default rates are set for slow typing.  Change it
in XF86Config for X, in rc.conf and your bios for text-only display.

I can't figure out where to set the rates for delay in tex-only display
though...

> 	If any of you have access to DOS try it out and then take a look at
> FreeBSD's or Linux's speed... I dont know wether it is me or my hardware...
> But it seems a bit slower.

It's the software settings.. 

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