rdjeline@faui09.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Richard Jelinek) (06/03/91)
Hi all there ! I own an TT030/4 and I was very interested in the position of this machine in the computer-scene. A very good chance to find out, was the best friend's purchase of an AT (see above). He got the machine in pieces as an dealer for the price of 4200 DM. That's what the MESS-DOS has: * 1024 x 768 / 256 colors VGA * 120 MB AT-Bus HD * 386/33Mhz & 64 KB Cache * 4 MEG of RAM * DOS 4.x The technical Data of an TT should be known in this Group. OK here is the final truth: SUBJECT: TT-DATA: AT-DATA: Drystones 4885/7865(TT-Ram) 9811 Whetstones (no test-Programm) 170.1 Let's make an Stop here and look at this: The Drystone-Programm that we did run on the TT was written for the ST and did not use the special 68030 commands. The MESS-DOS has no FPU, so that point should be no problem. The next tests were little GFA-BASIC(!!) Programms. On the TT 3.6(TT) was used. On the AT 4.3(MS-DOS). First Programm: (all programms were run uncompiled. compiled all values would be factor 2 to 5 perhaps even more faster ...) 1 Million INT-ADDS 20/12 sec.(TT-Ram) 5.1 sec !! 10.000 TANGENS 0.805 sec 9.4 sec 10.000 SINUS 0.667 sec 5.8 sec GEM-Graphics (VDI)TT has NVDI 12 sec 27 sec GEM-Graphics (AES) 3 sec 8 sec From the TANGENS computing to the AES test you can divide the time by 1.6 if you wish to know the TT-time in the Fast-Ram. After 3 hours of testing and heavily exchanging opinions about the machines (he HAS 120 MB HD <-> i HAVE 512 KB ROM and better Sound) and so on, we stopped and played Eye of the Beholder on his AT. At 2 o'clock in the morning, when he went home, we decided, that both Machines are very very good (I think my is a little little bit better). By the way: we did the same test one year ago with the ST and an 10/12 Mhz 286. The result was the same. (The AT had AdLib Sound). That's all !! All TT-Users are welcome and I hope some want to contact me.
Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com (06/04/91)
Just one question regarding the TT/AT comparison testing... Why didn't you play Eye of the Beholder on your TT..? BobR