Re: A92: 92 Plus and speed reduction?

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Subject: Re: A92: 92 Plus and speed reduction?
From: Christophe GIAUME <Giaume@TheOffice.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:23:50 +0200
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i have a ti92 plus and a ti92 II and i can tell that the 92 plus IS much
slower than the ti92 II. (i don't know why)

CG
giaume@TheOffice.net

Williams, Matt a écrit:

> It could also be code optimization, because the ROM chip actually
> includes a whole new TI-OS.
>
> >----------
> >From:  Famille SCHERRER[SMTP:p.c.Scherrer@wanadoo.fr]
> >Reply To:      assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org
> >Sent:  Thursday, April 23, 1998 9:03 AM
> >To:    'a92'
> >Subject:       Re: A92: 92 Plus and speed reduction?
> >
> >
> >
> >>> A "regular" TI-92 with only 128 KB of RAM is handicapped. It will run
> >>> machine code from RAM slower than a 10 MHz 68000 would under
> >>>normal conditions.
> >
> >>So where did whoever it was get the idea that the Plus would be as slow
> >>as the ROM 1.x calcs? Is it just when you're in the TI-OS and it has to
> >>work with the Flash RAM, checking if things are there or in real RAM?
> >
> >I am almost sure that the TI92 II is faster because they use better
> >ROM chip. (different EPROMs have different time access). But such
> >chips are more expensive.
> >
> >What do you think about  ?
> >
> >Benoit SCHERRER
> >p.c.scherrer@wanadoo.fr
> >

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RE: A92: 92 Plus and speed reduction?

From: "Williams, Matt" <Williams.Matt@con-way.com>