Re: speed
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Re: speed
I know that on the TI-8x calculators, the calculator's speed is determined by
the _number_ of variables in memory. Not the number of bytes, but the number
of variables. The reason for this is that the calculator searches through the
table of variables (VAT) when it wants to look at a variable. Try deleting all
those spare real variables that old programs have created, and you'll be
amazed at how much faster the calc runs. The TI-92 might work like this also,
but the 68000 is fast enough that it can search the VAT instantly; too fast to
notice any speed difference.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Open discussion of TI Graphing Calculators On Behalf Of Mark G Malley
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 8:30 AM
To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: speed
What would be a cool thing to do is test the actual speed of the
calculators, but with different conditions. Maybe one with the memory
cleared, one with it half full, and one with it almost filled. The
reason for this is because the RAM is the hard drive as well! It would
be interesting to see the results if all things were equal except for the
type of calculator.
-MarkGM@Juno.com
>I did this test on my 83 and it took about 16 seconds.
>