Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site aum.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!seismo!lll-crg!well!ptsfa!aum!freed From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: In the cause of Science ..... Message-ID: <398@aum.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 07:55:56 EST Article-I.D.: aum.398 Posted: Wed Nov 6 07:55:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 09:59:30 EST References: <663@ecsvax.UUCP> <589@minster.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: The Aurora Systems Bunch Lines: 19 > >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? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik James Freed Aurora Systems San Francisco, CA {dual,ptsfa}!aum!freed