Jeff,

I am on 6.0 pp1 with the 3 reactives recommended by RC.  I appreciate your
comments.  I think I will try it for a while and see what happens.  I have
a few librarians who are usually willing to be guinea pigs!

Wendell


On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Jeff Kell wrote:

> Wendell E Gragg wrote:
> >
> > Well, I have successfully brought up telnet for the first time.  I do
> > have a question concerning VT-MGR vs. Telnet.  Does anyone have any
> > idea as to which method is best to use?  I am specifically looking
> > for info on resource utilization and stability.
>
> Assuming you have the latest telnet patches to make it a fair
> comparison, it depends on what you are trying to save.  NS/VT adds
> the overhead of the VTSERVER process, while telnet plugs directly
> into JSMAIN.  Telnet incurs some CPU overhead, which can be
> significantly reduced with the new line mode telnet and half-duplex
> options (QCTerm and CSY support these now), but the 'overhead fears'
> prior to it's release were never realized to be of any significance.
> And NS/VT has problems with control-Y traps, significant in the Posix
> shell.
>
> Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
>

Wendell E. Gragg                 Socorro Independent School District
HP Library Systems Specialist    El Paso Tx
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