--- a/showBanner.rc	Thu Dec 06 16:17:01 2001 +0100
+++ b/showBanner.rc	Fri Dec 07 17:00:43 2001 +0100
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 "/ for now: cannot do this under DOZE;
 "/ win does not support viewBackgrounds and
 "/ no event handling takes place at this time. sigh.
+"/ Display connections with round-trip-time >= 20 ms are 
+"/ considered slow and no banner is shown
 
 (OperatingSystem isUNIXlike
-and:[Display notNil]) ifTrue:[
+and:[Display notNil and:[Display roundTripTime < 20]]) ifTrue:[
     "/ choose one of the banners
     "/ (select the one which fits our screen depth best,
     "/  avoiding allocation of too many colors)