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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
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> This time I waited longer.  16 sec for the rxvt to appear.

Yes, it takes a very long time to appear.  But once
it is there, response times are good.

> >> You can compile or otherwise add programs at sdf.
> (I think you need to pay for a membership first to compile).

Are you a member?

> Does links graphical work more slowly via cjb than via dialup?

It is ridiculously slow.  It puts up only a few letters
at a time, then pauses, then a few more letters, then
pauses.  Painful.  The slowest I've seen an application
run since I experimented running Linux from a floppy
disk filesystem (no HD, no ramdisk). 

> I will look for a shell account with a faster internet 
> connection and graphical browsers.

Let me know if you find one.  Or if you find a version
of links -g that will run on sdf.

> Can I export an rxvt from both sdf and cjb to here at 
> the same time?

That should be possible.  But I'd forget about remote X
from cjb -- it's too slow to use.

Cheers,
Steven