bkc@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Brad Clements) (07/20/90)
I'm running a Gateway 2000 /33 (micronics) with 4 Meg memory. I have the QAPLUS program for determining video speed, drhystones and whetstone speeds. When I run QAPLUS without an EMM manager (which simulates EMM memory using Extended), I get 11289 Whetstones, 9467 Character Per second video, and 204 Drhystones. However if I load MICEMM4G (micronics EMM emulator), or EMM386.SYS (from windows 3.0), even if I don't use EMM memory for anything, the system slows down to 4747 Characters per second and 132 Drhystones. The whetstone rating is not changed. Anybody have any idea why this happens? Maybe the system hasn't slowed down at all, but rather QAPLUS could be broken?? -- | Brad Clements bkc@omnigate.clarkson.edu bkc@clutx.bitnet | Network Engineer Clarkson University (315)268-2292
davidsen@antarctica.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) (07/23/90)
In article <1990Jul20.155458.12729@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, bkc@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Brad Clements) writes: |> However if I load MICEMM4G (micronics EMM emulator), or EMM386.SYS |> (from windows 3.0), even if I don't use EMM memory for anything, |> the system slows down to |> |> 4747 Characters per second and 132 Drhystones. The whetstone |> rating is not changed. |> |> Anybody have any idea why this happens? Maybe the system hasn't |> slowed down at all, but rather QAPLUS could be broken?? This discussion just went on in another group. The conclusion was that the real time to run the test didn't change, therefore EMS wasn't slowing the system. I think some EMS systems change the clock speed, and if a tester uses the raw clock rather than the user clocktick interrupt the results appear slower. Note this is a guess, but people who timed things said the system didn't slow. I suspect QAPLUS bypasses something and doesn't check as it does.