AmInfo.DOC v1.0 ŠLeclercq Xavier 1992
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 ENGLISH VERSION

        First:
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        If your Kickstart version is lower than 37.175 (ROM 1.2/1.3),and if
 you have an accelerator card, you have to run SETPATCH (>=v1.34) to prevent
 some exec.library bugs !

        The following information is displayed only if your kickstart is
 higher that 36.xx (click on the VERSION button to get your kick. version).
     	
                        "CIA Clock Frequency" (KHZ)

        About AmInfo 1.0 :
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        AmInfo v1.0 has beeb completly written in assembler. The source code
 (about 100 Kb) contains for a large part (1/3) a CPU speed calculation 
 routine that has been made possible with an utility from the AmigaLibDisk 
 n°1. Thanks may go to Mr. Rick Richardson for translating the ADA code.

        This CPU speed that has a quite good precision when comparing the 
 Amiga performances with others systems (or configurations).



        CPU SPEED: (AmInfo precision: +- 0.1%)
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   <<< NOTE: The RAM chips speed may modify the result of the test >>> 
   <<<       The ŠTESTIT (PC) seems to show some exageration...    >>>

	
         Un [lame] PC/XT "Turbo" 8 Mhz :     350   Dhrystones/secs 

         A500 (512 K)                  :     598   Dhrystones/secs

         KCS Pc Board                  :     750   Dhrystones/secs

         PC-AT/6 Mhz                   :    1000   Dhrystones/secs

         A500+ (4 Mb)                  :    1086   Dhrystones/secs

         PC-AT A2286/8Mhz for A2000    :    1492   Dhrystones/secs  

         A2000 + 68020 A2620           :    2860   Dhrystones/secs

         A2000 + 68030 Commodore (*)   :    3906   Dhrystones/secs

         IBM 386/20 Mhz (model 70)     :    4360   Dhrystones/secs

         A3000 (new motherboard)       :    6265   Dhrystones/secs

         Compaq 386/33 Mhz             :    9200   Dhrystones/secs

         A2000 + 68030/68882 50Mhz...  :   10400   Dhrystones/secs  





        DISPLAY SPEED: (AmInfo precision: +- 0.5% with FastFonts!)
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  <<< NOTE : The system 2.0 & 32-bits RAM Chips may modify the result >>>


         KCS Pc Board                  :    1215   Characters/secs

         PC AT A2286/8Mhz for A2000    :    2000   Characters/secs  

         Atonce 7Mhz (Hercules MDA 8)  :    2200   Characters/secs

         A500/A2000 (Non ECS)          :    2560   Characters/secs

         A500+                         :    4192   Characters/secs
 
         A3000 ("simple")              :    5776   Characters/secs

         A2000 + 68030 Commodore (*)   :    5821   Characters/secs

         A3000 (ultra fast rams)       :    10740  Characters/secs

                (*) minimum (more fast with kickstart2.0!)


        All these results are given for example. The Real result may depend
  of several parameters : Coprocessors , MNU , MPU , 16 or 32 bits RAMs ,
  Cache memory... But this altrough a good start th have an idea of the
  power of your computer.



        THANXES:
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        Thanks to every people that write to me. I always read all the letters
 that come to me, but , because of the number , it becomes more and more
 display to answer them all... (Should there be someone who can cope with
 days of more than 24 hours ???). But I read all letters and I make my best
 to answer...

        Thanks again to Jean-Pierre VanBostal , Design System and Thibaut
 Maquet (the translator/debugger/multitasking man) for testing the program
 on others configurations , and to Marc Alagem for the program's graphic
 design.

        For contact , (About Viruses for my (MVK) MasterVirusKiller program,
 to send to me your AmInfo's speed Characters/Dhrystones results , bugs 
 reports...) , please write to the adresse below:

                              Leclercq Xavier
                          Vieux Chemin d'Ath n°12
                          B-7548 Warchin BELGIUM