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Ref:  Your note of Thu, 5 Jan 1995 11:59:38 -0800 (attached)


 >
 > >Phil, you're perfecgly correct, but shouldn't we draw a line somewhere?
 > >Like there might be Z80 CPUs,  but we don't really expect users to run
 >
 > I don't want to rule anything out if I don't have to. At IETF I see
 > quite a few people walking around with HP100s, some of which are
 > connected to RAM radio modems. They're prime candidates for IPSP. I
 > believe the HP100 is comparable to the original IBM PC. I.e., almost
 > hopelessly underpowered by today's standards.
 >
 > Phil

Phil, how well are these devices equipped to do modular exponentiations
as required for the mechanisms we discuss? How long it will take to
perform a single exponentiation?

Hugo