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Re: Anyone gotten A-10 or F-18 2.0 demos to work??




>The software runs without any control panels or inits - a 'real' mac user has
>many of these little programs at the tip of their finger tips - and of course
>it's not multi-processing aware - to run two applications; you must run it
>under windows and start it twice.  So it really doesn't have the  feel of a
>MAC - but hey - it plays that little Risk game  like a champ.
>
>Mike

Yep, and since I haven't registered yet I have the added challenge of
playing against the clock.  But I mastered that game a long while ago.
even with random territories, you pretty well have it made.

As far as speed goes, sorry, not a Mac, not as Fast.  Here is the score,
even though only one request was forthcoming.  These scores, provided by
myself and Richard Steiner (the Mac scores are mine, but they compare well
with those I received from an independent source):

-----Speedometer 3.23 report for my DX/2 66-----

Speedometer Report for ?????. Tests Run January 11, 1996.
Report generated January 14, 1996.


P.R. Results (Uses Mac Classic as 1.0):
CPU: 9.719
Graphics: 3.785
Disk: 0.932     Name of Hard Disk tested: c/
Math: 21.607
Performance Rating (OLD PR): 7.370


Benchmark Results (Uses Mac Classic as 1.0):
KWhetstones: 342.857     46.966
Dhrystones: 4103.967     4.212
Towers: 6.638
QuickSort: 9.537
Bubble Sort: 13.064
Queens: 12.052
Puzzle: 13.802
Permutations: 7.281
Fast Fourier: 16.420
F.P. Matrix Multiply: 17.252
Integer Matrix Multiply: 11.929
Sieve: 20.096
Benchmark Average: 14.937

Color Tests (Uses Mac II as 1.0):
Black & White: 1.095
4 Colors: 0.449
16 Colors: 0.516
256 Colors: 0.614
Color Test Average: 0.669

-----Speedometer 3.23 report for My LC 630 (33 Mhz 68LC040)

Speedometer Report for Dwight Weisman. Tests Run January 12, 1996.
Report generated January 12, 1996.  ^
Machine Record Version: 6           |- This is here and does not appear on
                                        reports from PCs because it is system
                                        info gathered from the Mac
P.R. Results (Uses Mac Classic as 1.0):
CPU: 21.358
Graphics: 25.954
Disk: 4.018     Name of Hard Disk tested: Uncle
Math: 42.479
Performance Rating (OLD PR): 21.381
Performance Rating (NEW PR): 12.134

Benchmark Results (Uses Mac Classic as 1.0):
KWhetstones: 377.358     51.692
Dhrystones: 25641.025     26.316
Towers: 24.960
QuickSort: 22.391
Bubble Sort: 25.312
Queens: 25.444
Puzzle: 29.444
Permutations: 27.850
Fast Fourier: 35.471
F.P. Matrix Multiply: 37.497
Integer Matrix Multiply: 33.880
Sieve: 29.203
Benchmark Average: 30.788

Color Tests (Uses Mac II as 1.0):
Black & White: 5.543
4 Colors: 5.827
16 Colors: 5.727
256 Colors: 5.585
Color Test Average: 5.671

----Speedometer 4.02 report for LC 630-----

Speedometer Report for Dwight Weisman. Tests Run January 12, 1996.
Report generated January 12, 1996.
Machine Record Version: 9

CPU: 1.166
Graphics: 0.802
Disk: 2.432     Name of Hard Disk tested: Uncle
Math: 5.636
Performance Rating: 1.224

KWhetstones: 367.620     1.250
Dhrystones: 22975.153     1.330
Towers: 1.356
QuickSort: 1.338
Bubble Sort: 1.339
Queens: 1.309
Puzzle: 1.369
Permutations: 1.332
Integer Matrix Multiply: 1.318
Sieve: 1.261
Benchmark Average: 1.320

No FPU present. No tests were run.

Black & White: 0.821
4 Colors: 0.786
16 Colors: 0.712
256 Colors: 0.625
32,767 Colors: 0.545
Color Test Average: 0.698

-----Speedometer 4.02 report for my DX/2 66-----  <--Just for the heck of it.

Speedometer Report for ?????. Tests Run January 12, 1996.
Report generated January 12, 1996.
Machine Record Version: 9

CPU: 0.593
Graphics: 0.184
Disk: 0.355     Name of Hard Disk tested: c/
Math: 3.248
Performance Rating: 0.345

KWhetstones: 394.788     1.342
Dhrystones: 3291.422     0.190
Towers: 0.294
QuickSort: 0.500
Bubble Sort: 0.731
Queens: 0.644
Puzzle: 0.528
Permutations: 0.313
Integer Matrix Multiply: 0.620
Sieve: 0.805
Benchmark Average: 0.597

Black & White: -0.003
4 Colors: -0.004
16 Colors: -0.005
256 Colors: -0.006
32,767 Colors: 0.000
Color Test Average: -0.004

----------------------------
That's it folks.

The LC 630 uses a 68LC040 running at 33Mhz, with no FPU.
I suppose a hotter graphics card on the PC might help.  But regardless of
the speed the product is still a fairly amazing feat.  Especially
considering that ARDI did it without a peek at the ROMs or system code.

Cheerios,
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