27 Mar
2000
27 Mar
'00
2:42 a.m.
Date sent: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:43:47 -0500
From: John Wilson <wilson(a)dbit.dbit.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: iOpener
Send reply to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
OK, I got a 6.4 GB laptop drive hooked up and right
now the iOpener is running
DOS/BATCH V10-01A on an emulated PDP-11/40+RK05 system. I love it!!!
BTW the CPU seems to be 200 MHz, not 180 MHz. But it still gets only about
80 BogoMIPS, pretty slow.
First of all, BogoMIPS are exactly what they are named: Bogus.
Second, the is not realy related to the real world speed.
The WinChip C6 is more or less like a P133-200 MMX, depending
on the Task, while the WinChip2 acts more like a P200-266,
especialy when applications are using the 3DNow! operations.
I have a WinChip2 system running at 266 MHz and it performs
well enough. I just replaced the old P133 by a WinChip2.
With DirectX and the acording 3DNow! enabeled drivers even
some new games do run at acceptable speed.
The WinChip2 is for old Pentium systems what the AMD 5x86 is
for 486 boxes - the last big push.
BTW, if the CPU used is a C6, an upgrade to a WinChip2 is
a real good ise - costs avbout 50 USD, and gives about
50% more performance - see
http://www.heise.de/ct/98/23/030/s030b2.jpg
Gruss
H.
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