Re: LZ: optimizing zshell programs for turbo calcs


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Re: LZ: optimizing zshell programs for turbo calcs



becker wrote:
> 
> Matt Hayden wrote:
> >
> > >I guess it's no fun to have a calculator that can give you a faster
> > >computation during a test and in turn more time to work on it, huh?
> > Turboing is
> > >legitimate and so is optimizing zshell programs for it.
> >
> > But a whole lot of people, including me, A.) Have no real reason to turbo
> > the calculator, B.) See no point in turboing it, and C.) Don't want to take
> > the risk of shortening the life of the calculator. Because, I believe, it
> > has been proven that turboing the calculator shortens the life.
> >
> > -=Sponge=-
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Matt Hayden
> > mhayden@poboxes.com
> I'm afriad you're mistaken, turboing the calc with a 1pf capacitor has
> most certainly _NOT_ been proven to shorten the life of the processor.
> Most people who have turboed with this method and later documented their
> methods, have said that they have been using it for 2 or more years, and
> had no problems at all.  What does wear out the processor
> (theoretically) is turboing it by removing the capacitor and leaving no
> capacitor in it's place.


Actually, I'm afraid your mistaken.  What does wear out the processor
(proven fact, not just on the z80, but others as well), is OVERCLOCKING
the processor.  Running it at speeds it was not ment to go at.  I hardly
think you would know what effects replacing the capacitor would have, as
you earlier professed that you knew nothing about electronics before
turboing your calc. 


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