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weak devices
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