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version 2.2 locks up 8088-based computers. Version 2.1 does not. There is an unauthorized bug fix version, 2.21. I use 2.2 as it
Uu> PGP 2.2 runs without a hitch on at least one 10 MHz+ XT
Uu> box in which the 8088 was replaced with an NEC V-20 and an 8087
Uu> co-processor added when new... about six years ago.
I don't doubt it for a second, but I know it definitely will lock up a
real 8088. Also there is a problem with DesqView in some cases.
Uu> Probably far more XT boxes running, worldwide, than some
Uu> are capable of imagining.
I'm sure of that, too. PGP is a worldwide phenomenon, & there are a
whole lot of XT-class computers in the outside world.
Uu> Key generation on the XT is as exciting... and as fast...
Uu> as a baseball game...
Well, more like _cricket_, actually. 8-)
Uu> Encryption speed is more than adequate.
Considering the math involved, yes. Still even a 20MHz 286 fairly flies
doing PGP tasks in comparison, though.
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