Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site smu Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!smu!faisal From: faisal@smu Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Norton Utilities 'si' program Message-ID: <15000025@smu> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 10:08:00 EDT Article-I.D.: smu.15000025 Posted: Mon Sep 30 10:08:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 08:08:36 EDT References: <511@moncol.UUCP> Lines: 24 Nf-ID: #R:moncol.UUCP:-51100:smu:15000025:000:394 Nf-From: smu!faisal Sep 30 09:08:00 1985 Norton's "si" x = the amount of time Norton's IBM PC took to perform the loop below; t1 = current time; do a bunch of times { mul div } t2 = current time; index = x / (t2 - t1); I disassembled his code a few months ago; I don't remember the gritty details, but this is pretty close. Ralph Cramden tought Norton everything he knows. Faisal , CS dept. SMU, Dallas, TX