On Mon, 2026-02-02 at 07:24 -0800, [email protected] wrote: > > You mean how the keyboard starts lagging behind your typing when > > there's a lot of text after your cursor? And there's no delay when > > you're appending to the end of a long file, right? The sluggishness > > is so bad that I think even speeding up the processor 2x may > > not be enough. I think a more fundamental algorithmic change is > > needed. > > Really! That would never have crossed my mind. Makes me wonder how > the text > editor in CP/M handles large files. Large files in the context of > this > conversation. You don't think the 5k upgrade would yield much > difference? > > Journalists must've dealt with this issue during the device's heyday. > Makes > me wonder if I could poke an address as a hotfix. >
Apologies if this has already been addressed. Either the M-100 user manual or some article that I found afterwards addresses this: you press "Enter" to create a new line so that you are not "pushing" characters after your cursor on the screen; this is what causes the slowness. While I don't use the M-100 every day, I don't recall ever suffering through the sluggishness that you are describing here. I just create a new line, backspace to the end of the previous line and keep on typing at regular speed. Hope this helps. Regards, Bert
