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From: Geoff Shang <gshang@uq.net.au>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Kirk Wood wrote:

> One specific case where I have seen it slow a computer down is when a
> screen full of information is sent out my roommate's computer will pause
> until the buffer of the synth catches up. The most clear example of this
> kind of thing is at boot. If speech is silenced the prompt will come up
> faster. (It shows up on the screen faster not just that you hear it
> sooner.)

AFAIK, this is the sort of thing that shouldn't happen.

A good way I've found to check is to play an MP3 or something, then read a
screenful of text and see if it stops.  It shouldn't.

Geoff.