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  1. Title:            HINT
  2. Author:            Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
  3. Version:        1.00
  4. Title From:        Documentation
  5. Author From:        Documentation
  6. Version From:        Documentation
  7. Supplier:        Niall Douglas <ned@prot.demon.co.uk>
  8. Date:            03/09/97
  9. Keywords:        System monitors
  10. Shareware:        No
  11. Machine:        Archimedes
  12. Operating system:    RISCOS
  13. Memory requirements:    
  14. Peripherals needed:    
  15. Other s/ware needed:    
  16. Directory:        micros/arch/riscos/f056
  17. Date mounted/updated:    30/09/97
  18. File names:        hint.zip
  19. Unarchived files:    18
  20. Unarchived size:    210 kbytes
  21. Omissions:        
  22. See also:        SI (a061), ARMSI (a193), BOGOMIPS (d092)
  23.  
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  25.  
  26. Acquiring the package:
  27.  
  28. Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
  29. (see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).
  30.  
  31.  
  32. Description:
  33.  
  34. HINT is a portable benchmarker for comparing the speed of different
  35. computers; PC, Unix, in fact anything with a C compiler.  HINT takes
  36. its name from the method it uses, Hierarchical INTegration, which it
  37. claims is a better benchmark than others such as dhrystone.
  38.