Pgp v 2.2/8088

[M. Stirner]

 * Reply to msg originally in CYPHERPUNKS

 > 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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