RE: A92: 92 Plus and speed reduction?
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RE: A92: 92 Plus and speed reduction?
It could also be code optimization, because the ROM chip actually
includes a whole new TI-OS.
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>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?
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>>> 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.
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>>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?
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>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.
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>What do you think about ?
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>Benoit SCHERRER
>p.c.scherrer@wanadoo.fr
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