Speed tests on my Amiga ----------------------- 1: Close all time-consuming tasks and any screen blanker program you are using. 2: Set one of the following screen modes with the menu Prefs / Screen mode: A1200 & A4000: DBLPAL, 32 Colors, Text Overscan, if your monitor supports DBLPAL A1200 & A4000: PAL, 32 Colors, Text Overscan, if your monitor doesn't support DBLPAL Other Amigas: PAL, 32 Colors, Text Overscan Set the size of the screen to 352 × 278 pixels. It doesn't matter if the whole screen doensn't quite fit on your display. 3: Switch automatic calculation precision off with the menu Calculation / Precision / Auto 4: Load the images mentioned later in this file with the menu Load / Coordinates. 5: Take the times for time images with the precisions mentioned. 6: Save the results on disk and send them to me to one of the following addresses: Internet E-Mail (preferred): leopold@cs.tut.fi Snail Mail: Henrik Herranen Atomikatu 6 A 9 SF-33720 Tampere Finland 7: If you also want to register Mandela, please send the file Register printed on paper and filled to me. Get the details from the AmigaGuide file Mandela.guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some explanations to the form questions: Date: The date of the day you made the tests Amiga model: You Amiga model OS version: If you don't know, check this out with the CLI command "version asl.library". Interpret the first number as follows: 36 = 2.0, 37 = 2.04, 38 = 2.1, 39 = 3.0, 40 = 3.1. OS loaded in: Normally the OS is run from ROM. Exceptions to this are A3k's with 1.4 kick-ROMs and the Amigas where the OS has been explicitly loaded into 32-bit RAM to make the system run faster (you know if you have done this). Processor: Your processor. Typical CPU values are: 68020 for A1200, anything for A2000, 68020 or 68030 for A2500, 68030 for A3k, 68030 or 68040 for A4k and 68000 for others. Typical FPU values are: anything for A2k, 68881 or 68882 for A2500 and A3k, None or 68882 for A4k and None for others. Processor card: Very often something if you have an A2k. Examples are Commodore A2620 or GVP 3001. Memory: Your memory in Megabytes. CHIP = The amount of graphical memory in your system. PSEUDOFAST = Any memory in the trapdoor of an A500. If you have an A2k with a turbo card and some 32-bit memory, you may mark your 16-bit FAST memory as PSEUDOFAST. FAST = Any other memory. Mandela Version: The version number of Mandela (currently only 1.0). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please fill in this form and return to the author of Mandela: Date (yy-mm-dd): Amiga model: A500 | A600 | A1k | A1200 | A2k | A2500 | A3k | A4k | A4kT OS version: 2.0 | 2.04 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 OS loaded in: ROM / RAM Processor (CPU/FPU): 680(0|1|2|3|4)0 | 68030EC / None | 68881 | 68882 | 68040 Processor card (if available): Memory (CHIP/PSEUDOFAST/FAST): 0 M / 0 M / 0 M Mandela version: 1.0 Registered | 1.0 Unregistered Test times: Precision: Int 16 Int 32 Double64 Test_Default Test_Star N/A Test_Whirlpool N/A N/A ----------------------------------------------------------------------