Re: Apple and the Holy War

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <390DF54C.F29F783E@dcnet2000.com>,
Phoenyx  <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote:
 
> Henrik Gudat wrote:
> 
>> This Mhz debate is pretty childish IMHO. After all, you're posting
>> this to a Apple II newsgroup where one might think Mhz don't matter. A
>> computer is fast enough when you're getting your jobs done -  be it at
>> 1Ghz, 500Mhz or 1.024 Mhz.
> 
> For years I had this argument with a friend who often stated
> his XT (and 6mhz AT) out-performed my Apple. Put side by side
> the Apple usually responded to the user much better. Of course
> most tests were with Applesoft where the 512k Zram helped to
> even things out. That and I had better games.
 
Performance isn't just user response.  To put things in perspective,
I've had a program which originally was written in 1982-83, and which
have been ported a few times.  It performs one useful function: it
computes rise/set times for the Sun and Moon daily, and the six
planets out to Uranus once a week, for one full calendar year at any
place of your choice.  I first started this project on Apple DOS
+ Applesoft, but never finished it there: the first running verison
ran on CP/M.  Since htere never was any Applesoft verison of this
probram, I can only guess the run time under Applesoft:
 
   4-5 hours    1 MHz 6502, Apple II+, Apple DOS, Applesoft Basic  (a guess)
   1.5 hours    2 MHz Z80, Apple II CP/M, Fortran-80
    30 minutes  6 MHz Z80, Apple II CP/M, Fortran-80
    10 minutes  4.77 MHz 8088+8087, C
   1.5 minutes  16 MHz 80386+80387, C
    12 seconds  66 MHz 486DX, C
     3 seconds  90 MHz Pentium, C
     1 second   300 MHz Pentium-II, C
 
After this, please try to convince me that the Apple II+ is more
powerful than a PC....  <g>
 
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