BertPut wrote: [...] 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. > That’s a similar but different problem. I’ll be honest that I thought the same at first, but then a dim light of recognition of what Daniel said about large files clicked on and I tested it on my Tandy 200 to be sure. I don’t know if the M100 is different, but try this procedure and see if it bogs down.
- Write a line of text, - Copy the entire buffer: Ctrl+W (top of doc), F7 (select), Ctrl+Z (end of doc), F5 (copy) - Paste it a bunch of times using the PASTE key. - Repeat Copying the whole buffer and Pasting. - Keep Pasting until the document is about 10K in size. (If you get “Memory Full”, the clipboard may be too large to paste.). - Go to the top of the file (Ctrl+W) and try typing a sentence on a new line. You’ll know you’re seeing the same problem if the words do not show up immediately. - The faster you are as a typist, the sooner you’ll notice the issue, but as the file gets larger, eventually the delay should be perceptible by anyone. Hitting Enter does not help with this bug. Joshua O’Keefe wrote: I have some dim memory of running into a paper's reference doc or small > manual for submitting in the last couple of years with it being relatively > stern about raw, soft-wrapped text. > Ah, that’s funny given that, as BertPut pointed out, a common Model 100 workaround was to add hard newlines and then later, if one remembered, backspace to merge the lines together. I wonder if that sternness was particularly directed at reporters using Model 100s. Editing performance is mediocre even for small files, obviously, but a lot > can get done by just backspacing half a line as you go. That's still a > superpower in the field compared to a typewriter sitting back home. We're > very spoiled, aren't we? > Yes. Yes we are. It’s fun living in a future where computing power is so plentiful, I was able to get a Tandy 200 from a neighbor who was going to throw it in the trash. :-D —b9
