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From: faisal@smu
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Subject: Re: Norton Utilities 'si' program
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 10:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 10:08:00 1985
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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