On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 16:18:34 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
Michael Dawley wrote:
> 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.
Clarence,
Yes, that Tandy is fairly fast, probably due to bus speed differences.
I didn't record PS/1 speeds prior to upgrade, but it did make a nice
improvement to install the Evergreen in it.
> 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.
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Wow, your P90 really scoots<g>.
Here's what I got using 1.60b1:
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Compaq P75 800x600 24 mb: 4,4,3,4 2,1,1,1
IBM PS/1 586 640x480 32 mb 4,3,4,3 1,1,1,1
Tandy 486DX-50 640x480 8mb 4,4,4,4 1,1,1,1
Compudyne AMD DX4-100 640x480 16mb 6,6,6,5 2,2,2,1
As a result of this, I might need to check into the virtual
screens settings on the Compudyne, as it seems a little slow
compared to the others. That might make some difference.
OT: My other project is a set of .bat files to allow Bobcat
and Arachne to share the same connection, and have them
"take turns" on it. On some websites, notably
http://www.newsday.com, Bobcat can get the news stories fairly
quickly, and is interesting to play around with. Arachne 1.60b1
most likely can do just as well, even with the few images they
have there. Mostly I'm having fun with the "menu" .bat files, etc.
with this project. When I get the setup polished somewhat, I'll
have to stick these files, readme's, etc. up on Angelfire like
Glenn does, and make a post to the list about it.
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Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
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