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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:14:12 -5</LI>
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On 5 Aug 98, Ben Greear wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
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> > A bit back we we discussing the upper limits of Java threads on
> > various platforms. Much of the concern, especially in regard to
> > Java, was the one thread per connection issue. Can anyone comment on
> > the following hardware(?) issue raised here?
> >
> > --cut from rgma --
> >
> > By the way, your P2-233 will choke with 200 active users. Interrupt
> > overflow from the NIC. You could solve this problem with a $500 NIC
> > that doesn't interrupt the CPU as much(has its own processor,) but
> > then you'll have to ban char mode telnet outright and do some other
> > unfriendly things too, and I just don't know that you're going to find
> > 200 simultaneous players anyway; few muds do, so unless you become one
> > of them, it isn't worth the time, money, and effort to prepare for:)
>
> I'm not convinced he is right. Perhaps if you are using a sorry driver
> and or sorry NIC...
>
> For grins, I'm gonna work on some scripts to max my mud out...
>
> I'll let you know how it goes....
>
Nod. It's my gut feeling that a small capacity card would find
itself in a wait state before flooding the CPU with interrupts. Then
again, I have very little experience in the network card area.
I've got a fairly old card on this machine, DEC Etherworks LC/TP
(DE-101?) and it's in a 400mhz MMX P2. Dunno if this card will
cause problems. It doesn't with 5 users <grin>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 06:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00518" HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 14:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00535" HREF="msg00535.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 07 Aug 1998, 04:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00527" HREF="msg00527.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 17:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00622" HREF="msg00622.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 10:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00644" HREF="msg00644.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 02:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>,
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