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To: Jim Patterson who wrote (38225)	4/17/1998 7:22:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 176387

JP, That IS the ANSWER! When the computer is doing something, it does it as fast as possible. While I was working for IBM, there was a WAIT light that came on whenever the computer was in the wait loop! This light was on MOST OF THE TIME with the exception being the computational loop! There was a change made so that the customer didn't get charged for wait loop! These machines were slower that the one on your desk! In the background now, I see my computer performing self checks, and optimizing my disk operating system, with little effect on what I am doing. Sometimes my display is a few characters behind, but that is all. A faster computer might eliminate this. Regards, Ken