Re: ti-emu: Oops, small update to V86 (v1.3b) and also, the _REAL_ speed
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Re: ti-emu: Oops, small update to V86 (v1.3b) and also, the _REAL_ speed of a TI-86
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> now as for the comments I will no doubt recieve as a
>result of this "mistake" in claiming that the TI-86 runs at 4MHz....
>
>I'M NOT WRONNG! AND I'M NOT MAKING IT UP!!!
>
http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/faq/83faq067.htm
i've said it before, and i'll say it again... it's 6 MHZ!!!!!!
as for your method of testing this out, there are quite a number of flaws in that.
#1 is that on the emulator, the emulation is not affected by battery life. the real calc is.
#2 it depends on how much memory is available on the calc and the emulator... resizing and memory allocation takes up quite a bit of clock cycles.
#3 using basic is an inefficient method of testing. a basic interpreter slows down execution of code, ergo a processor that seems to be slower.
#4 rom versions and optimizations would also make a difference.
there's more, but class is over, and i must go.
-Greg
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