Gregory J. Feig wrote:
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> Michael .......my preferred machine is a 486DLC40, with 32Mb RAM,
> and 160B1 is MUCH faster and performs smoother on it than 150src.
Michael Dawley wrote:
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> The Evergreen Upgrade processor, http://www.evertech.com plugs into
> the upgrade socket next to the original 486 sx-25 on my PS/1.
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> On my Tandy, I had 24,276 on the 486DX-50, prior to upgrade
> and 34,424 on the Evergreen after upgrade.
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> The PS/1 with the Evergreen installed is 27,571 running in an
> overdrive socket.
Hi Michael, Gregy;
Michael, that LOOKS like it says the PS1 is now running about 13-14% faster
than the 486DX-50. (27,571 / 24,276)
That is not the kind of difference I expected you had between your systems.
Gregy, I also prefer my '486 - although it is only a 33Mhz machine.
Your computer should be fairly close in capability to mine, but I find no
LARGE difference with Arachne 1.6b1.
Beginning with version 1.50src, Michael has provided us with an easy method
of making these comparsons valid across versions, systems, and setups.
Instead of using adjectives, we can use the altM popup to give us an number
for the page load time. Unfortunately, he does not provide time to tenths of
seconds, so on fast computers you can't get numbers between 0 and 1 second.
My numerical fixation drives me to provide the following, mostly from my
altM popup. The slowest simple local operation that takes enough time to
measure reasonably on my '486 is the loading of preferences from the options
page - so I ran the test 4 times each way, "O" hotkey -> "Preferences" -> "O"
and recorded the time shown in altM after each step.
Michael's race from Home to Desktop takes less than 1 second on my '486.
Version "O"-----> "Preferences" -----> "O"
A1.6b1 4,3,4,4 1,1,1,1
A1.50src 5,4,4,4 1,1,1,1
A1.50b2 4,4,4,4 1,1,1,1
For 1.50b2 I just synchronized the test to the clock on the status bar.
For another comparison I tested 1.6b1 on my P90:
A1.6b1(P90) 2,2,1,1 0,1,1,0
Please do the same test with your computers and post the results.
Thanks.
- Clarence Verge
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