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From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: In the cause of Science .....
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 07:55:56 EST
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> >How fast is the Amiga ?. In the cause of Science I tried the Dhrystone
> >benchmark published recently in net.sources. Running in CLI mode only
> >and compiling with the current release of the Lattice compiler (no
> >Enums) I found it executed 50000 Drystone loops in 110 secs. Thats
> >approximately 450 Dhrystones/sec. 
> 
> Ok - so we ran it on an Atari 520ST ... 1092 Dhrystones/sec. This is,
> of course, independent of graphic mode, but if you wave the mouse about
> it slows down a bit.
> 

Could we have a second comfirmation from another ST user this sounds
amazing! Also could we find out more details about the 1092 drystone run?
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