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- From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
- Subject: Re: More Ram = Faster machine
- Message-ID: <1992Nov05.112840.12381@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
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- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 11:28:40 GMT
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- csg021@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Micky J.) writes:
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- >I recently upgraded my 25Mhz 386 from 2MB to 4MB, using 3-chip SIMMS
- >(it now has four 3-chip SIMMS).
-
- >Why, according to two seperate programs, has my machine slightly increased
- >in speed? One used to say my machine was 22Mhz, now it says it's 30Mhz
- >(a program simply called 'speed'). Another only says a slight increase
- >in speed, about 1Mhz.
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- You now have four banks filled, which enables the memory controler
- to do page interleaving, allowing faster access to consecutive addresses.
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- Erik van Linstee | Delft University of Technology | I'll be back ...
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