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#RSLClock1.31

    25-Jan-87 23:08:29
Sb: #RSLClock1.31
Fm: Richard Rae/SYSOP 76703,4253
To: Roy S. Laufer 72435,1025
Roy, There appears to be a flaky with RSLClock 1.3x. The symptom is very "jerky" output to the screen; when using a terminal package the characters come in "packets" of several characters. I shoved the priority of my terminal way up with no significant change. I later talked to Bri in CO and he's seen the same problem. He said he tried running the clock at priority 0, same problem. He also said it occurred in 1.3. I have not seen it in 1.2, so something you changed between 1.2 and 1.3 is apparently the culprit. Running PM with and without the clock shows a significant difference… a straight line without, and consistent deep dips with. These dips seem to come three or four per second, about the rate of the data "packets" to the screen. If I recall correctly, 1.2 only dipped once per second, and wasn't as obvious about it. I'd appreciate it if you could take a look at this and see if you can track down the problem. I love the full width screen, but this problem is roughly as irritating as the split screen effect. Thanks for putting up with the hassles! Rick