Re: BIOS SPEED FOR VIDEO WRITES

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From: Denis Beauregard
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 23:59

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In article <1992Aug20.131829.5606@tc.cornell.edu> homer@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Homer Smith) writes:
>
>     On my 386/33 with Trident 8900 chip the program takes 1:10
>minutes.
> 
>     On my 486/33 with identical video board the program takes 11:46
>minutes.
> 
>     Could someone please give me a hint why the 486 is 11 times
>slower than the 386. 
> 
>     Using another program that did a simple INC AX,1 repeatedly,
>the 486 was 2.8 times faster than the 386.
> 
>     Homer

On my 386/22 (yup, a 20 MHz boosted to 22 MHz), the Norton index is
50% higher in the Turbo mode, but the display output in DOS change
in some circumstances into a very slow (like a 300 baud teletype) writing.

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