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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
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> I tried piping to pico 

You can't pipe to pico or e3.  Text editors normally 
accept a filename, not a stream of text.  Perhaps a 
more comprehensive text editor (like vi) can handle 
piping?    

> Yes fs.img.  Which the 2-floppy version presumably 
> does not have.

That is correct.  fs.img is 20mb (too big to fit on 
a floppy) and running a loop file from floppy would 
be *very* slow.

> What is the operating speed ratio of 33MHz 486 to 133Mhz pentium?
> I figured 1/4 x 1/2 = 1/8.

bogoMIPs on a 486 DX-33   =  6
bogoMIPs on a Pentium 133 = 53

However, I'm not sure uncompression times are solely
proportional to speed.  Subjectively, it takes longer 
than that on slower machines.  Perhaps RAM is a factor
too?  Older computers typically have less RAM and 
sometimes that RAM (and/or RAM cache) is significantly 
slower than on more up-to-date systems.

> Is there a way to clear programs from buffer?

Reboot the computer.

> upx could be useful in the 20MB loop, on a pentium.

As I've said before, I will not be using UPX for BL3.

Cheers,
Steven