RE: A86: Re: rom speed

To: "'assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org'" <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: RE: A86: Re: rom speed
From: Christopher Kalos <raptorone@stuytech.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:42:26 -0500
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org

well that depends on where you live and what the calc is used to.  If it's used to relatively high humidity and warm temperatures, and then receives the equivalent of a freeze dry, it will run a lot faster (if you have a stopwatch.  I base all of my speed tests on assembly language benchmark programs).
There's a difference, and battery chemistry is affected the least of all of the factors involved.
Christopher Kalos
raptorone@stuytech.com
Executive Director/Administrator
Virtual Technologies Developer's Group


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From: 	Eli Allen[SMTP:eallen@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us]
Sent: 	Monday, January 19, 1998 3:10 PM
To: 	assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: 	Re: A86: Re: rom speed


While cold does cut down the electrical resistance in the circuit that
wouldn't measurably effect the speed.  The calc runs slower in the cold
because when batteries get cold the chemical reaction that produces
electricity slows down which make the batteries give off less voltage.  Less
voltage makes the calc go slower.  (I may be getting voltage confused with
current but the idea is right)

Eli Allen
eallen@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us

-----Original Message-----
From: J Boylan <After5@MindSpring.Com>
>Wouldn't cold make the calc go faster?  Cuts down on electrical resistance?
> If the cold drains the batteries, then why do some people put them in
>refridgerators?
>

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