Hi Clarence,
the only slow computer I have here is a Toshiba T1000.
4.7MHz, no HD and 8086 chip. Drive 720kb. Drive C = EPROM with DOS
I suppose this minimal config will not do??
Bastiaan
still using this thing, now and then. DOS 3.3 or 3.2
On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 05:25:00 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Hi All;
> I'd like to find a few brave people with slow computers to do
> a speed test for me using a version of DOS I will supply.
> If you have anything slower than 66Mhz please get:
> http://caverge.arachne.cz/linked/bootimg.zip
> Unzip it to (I suggest) a ramdisk.
> You will find:
> DISKCOPY COM 24566 97-02-27 7:01
> BOOT IMG 1474979 02-03-14 16:57
> Put a good floppy in A: and do this:
> RD:\>diskcopy boot.img a:
> This will make a bootable floppy with the minimum files needed for
> this test. When you reboot (using the floppy) a ramdisk will be
> created.
> *IMPORTANT* Please don't try this if you use FAT32 because I can't
> predict the results.
> If you do NOT have any partitions larger than 32Mb, the ramdisk will
> use the next available drive letter.
> If you DO have big partitions, the OS will NOT recognize them and the
> ramdisk will be drive C:.
> You will see the name on the screen in either case.
> Do not fear - the HD C: will not be touched.
> To check the ramdisk, type C: or E: (or whatever RD) and do dir.
> It should say you have a VDISK - about 2.2 Mb and it should be empty.
> If the ramdisk is C:, go to A: and type:
> PKUNZIP speedchk.zip c: <enter>
> If it's something else, adjust accordingly.
> Please change drives to the ramdisk and run Speedchk.
> Hit enter after the first screen and record the results.
> Re-boot to your normal setup, and unzip speedchk again to your
> normal ramdisk. Try it and let us know what the results were.
> Thanks.
> - Clarence Verge
> - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
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