[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads

[Ben Greear]

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Jon A. Lambert wrote:

> 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....

Ben

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