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Subject:	Re: Slowness of Cygwin
From:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	Ron House <house AT usq DOT edu DOT au>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date:	09 Aug 2001 12:54:47 +1000
X-OriginalArrivalTime:	09 Aug 2001 02:55:20.0975 (UTC) FILETIME=[BA7C21F0:01C1207E]

On 09 Aug 2001 03:03:57 +0000, Ron House wrote:
> I have a large app., which has run successfully under both Linux and
> DJGPP. The Linux version uses ncurses, whilst the DJGPP version uses
> direct screen writes. I recompiled under Cygwin (it picked up the Linux
> branch and compiled flawlessly), but found that the app was extremely
> slow (2 or 3 times slower) than either of the others when writing to the
> screen. Any thoughts?

Use Linux? 

Seriously, try full dos-box mode for the cygwin terminal, or rxvt.
Either should be faster than just gui text-box mode.

Rob

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