The winner is no one. An almost tie for first: 1. Apple II 2. TRS 80 Model 1 distantly followed by: 3. Commodore 64 4. Atari 800 The Apple II and TRS 80...
27407
B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 10, 2012 11:50 pm
Yes, that's in an article I scanned on vintagecomputer.net comparing BASICs, or an advertisement. OSI has the fastest BASIC of it's day, but we did not have...
27408
Mike
mwillega
Sep 10, 2012 11:55 pm
My guess is the C64 and Apple 2 came out on top. However, an A2 running integer basic would beat both, and an Apple 1 would beat the Apple 2 by a little bit. ...
27409
joshbensadon
Sep 11, 2012 12:07 am
... Now, how did you count that Bob got one right? PS. I love the Z80 and know it's an amazing little processor, but why can't the 6502 come close enough to...
27410
joshbensadon
Sep 11, 2012 12:22 am
... PS. Thanks Bill for a fun exercise in guessing and comparing!...
27411
Bob Flanders
semuhphor
Sep 11, 2012 12:55 am
A couple of things would be interesting... 1. The same tests in assembly. 2. The same tests w/o print ... I/O could be the slow part. Thanks for the quiz, Mr....
27412
B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 11, 2012 1:25 am
It was just for fun. It's not every day that you have these 4 micros set up for testing, whatever you want like that. I took my son to InfoAge for the first...
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Matt Patoray
matt_patoray
Sep 11, 2012 1:43 am
It is an interesting exercise, I am going to have to run that on the 3 small micros I have currently running. TI-99/4a standard and extended basic Commodore...
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B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 11, 2012 2:14 am
I used to bring to my computer history class the same program - miner 2049'er and run it on the Commodore 64, TI 99, Atari 800 so that we could compare and...
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Kyle Owen
kylevowen
Sep 11, 2012 3:28 am
I have located a couple of APCs, but I don't know where I should begin with booting them. I turned them both on, and on one, I could see a raster, but it...
27416
Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Sep 11, 2012 3:41 am
Well, I've got copies of the system media in known-working condition (they were made from the NEC masters earlier this year). MARCH now has my APC + software +...
27417
Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Sep 11, 2012 3:47 am
... It's true! Kyle: I forget where you're located, but you are welcome to bring your APC here and work on it side-by-side with our known-good system. You can...
27418
Kyle Owen
kylevowen
Sep 11, 2012 4:02 am
Well, that's very generous! I am located in Alabama, which is quite a stretch for me. I do have family in VA (previously NJ), so I may get up there sometime,...
27419
Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Sep 11, 2012 4:09 am
... Sounds good. Give me plenty of notice so we can give you an insider tour. ... Better yet, they're planning VCF Southeast 1.0 for February 2013....
27420
system@...
Sep 11, 2012 11:38 am
... Methinks you'd have a difficult time getting Z80 assembly to run on the 65xx based systems and vice versa. This is the problem with benchmarking. Apples...
27421
Bill Sudbrink
bsudbrink
Sep 11, 2012 11:43 am
... One of the standard tests, used when these computers were new, was the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Byte magazine had standard implementations to be used by...
27422
system@...
Sep 11, 2012 11:57 am
... Can you select how many primes to evaluate? There are many prime numbers early on, so the I/O *might* still influence the results but over the long haul...
27423
B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 11, 2012 12:35 pm
... Sounds great. Go ahead and do it next time you're at InfoAge. Set up the program in advance so you only have to type it in on all four computers so that...
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system@...
Sep 11, 2012 1:03 pm
... I've not written much BASIC. The only BASIC that I ever wrote was on my Sharp EL5500 which I acquired at the end of graduate school. If there's a BASIC...
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Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Sep 12, 2012 12:42 am
... You'll need double-sided, double-density soft sector disks for the APC. Fortunately, those are the common/cheap ones. I've got a large quantity available,...
27426
B. Degnan
billdeg
Sep 12, 2012 1:55 am
... could ... 8" ... Tracor-Northern ... Fortunately, those are the common/cheap ones. I've got a large quantity available, you can contact me off-list if you...
27427
joshbensadon
Sep 14, 2012 9:45 pm
Hi, Does anyone know where I can buy some replacement belts for these old DC 100A tapes? Inside the actual tape there's a belt that drives the reels and...
27428
B Degnan
billdeg
Sep 14, 2012 10:56 pm
Pyramid makes custom belts. -- Sent from my PDP 8/e....
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Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Sep 15, 2012 2:18 am
Tomorrow there's an InfoAge event (Ft. Monmouth alumni picnic) where up to 200 people are expected. 11am-4pm. I will be there to open our museum. Can anyone...
27430
Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Sep 15, 2012 10:10 pm
Good day! We have about 50 people come through between 11am-4pm. All were Fort Monmouth alumni and their families. At 4:30 a VCF attendee brought us some OSI...
27431
system@...
Sep 16, 2012 12:28 am
... What constituted Ft. Monmouth alumni? Strictly Civil Servants?...
27432
Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Sep 16, 2012 12:30 am
... I don't know....
27433
system@...
Sep 16, 2012 12:51 am
... I spent 5+ years there (4th Fl. Myers Ctr aka. the Hexagon) and I didn't hear anything about any alumni function....
27434
Evan Koblentz
ekoblentz
Sep 16, 2012 12:56 am
... Sent you a private email just now....
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midatlanticretro@yaho...
Sep 16, 2012 1:07 pm
MARCH frequently asked questions -- updated Feb. 27, 2012 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy collecting, restoring, using, and...
