Terminal output from ssh much slower than putty

[Erik Vigmostad]

how do I turn clear type off?

Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> Erik Vigmostad wrote:
> 
>> Is there some way to speedup the output to my terminal?  I would like 
>> to use cygwin for ssh'g to various servers, but it is so much slower 
>> that using putty that I can't.
>>
> 
> I found that Windows XP's "Clear Type" font smoothing algorithm makes 
> rxvt virtually unusable on my machine at work. Chaning the AA setting to 
> "Standard" made me happy again.
> But that may be a very special case, since this machine is a dual proc 
> dual screen system with a TNT2 and a Voodoo3 graphics card - doesn't 
> make it really easy for windows I think.
> OTOH: on my machine at home - single proc, single GF card - I am quite 
> happy with Clear Type and the performance of rxvt.
> 
> I sure don't know if you're in a similar situation as I am at work but 
> if you're using XP and Clear Type it's at least worth a try switching it 
> off / to Standard.
> 
> Regards
>   mks
> 
> 



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