Re: speed

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Re: speed

Lessee, my TI85, with this program:

0->x
Lbl A
x+1->x
if x<1000
Goto A

NB: when doing this, run it first, then time it the second time, since the
TI85 needs to tokenize it.

result: 23 seconds.

NB: In Z80 assembler that should take about an eyeblink.
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-R.Zwitserloot@BTInternet.com

Oleg Shvartsman <oshvarts@gw.ford.com> wrote in article
<33A537DB.4F8DC716@gw.ford.com>...
> > I've read somewhere that an '81 has 4 mhz processor and the '92 has a
> > 10
> > mhz 86k processor.  Then why on Earth does the '81 do a standard
> > 1-1000
> > loop in 7.5 secs and the '92 needs 15???
> >
> > (the prog looks like this: 0->x; lbl a; x+1->x; if x<1000 goto a; end
> > program.)
>
>    I am just interested: how do the other calcs from the ti family
> measure up with REAL performance (not cpu speed)?  Would people who have
> the other calcs (82,83,85,86) post their results from programs such as
> the one above?  Also, Just for fun, how fast do the assembly progs
> (zshell, fargo) run similar loops?
>
> Oleg.
>
>
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