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From: PICHER@MAINE.BITNET (Michael W. Picher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Tandon 486, DesqView, Landmark Speedbar question
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Date: 20 Nov 89 12:53:46 GMT
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Tom,
  Apparently how Landmark works is that it measures a 386's speed relative
to a 386/20 with 1 wait state.  So, if you have a say Micronics 386/20
motherboard running with 0 wait states you will see a landmark speed
rating of about 24 Mhz or so (at least this is how I have had it
explained to me).  Now, suppose you run in a Desqview window... You are
running the processor in the protected mode and it will run faster
(but a speed rating of 100 Mhz under 386/ix???, maybe with a 386/33
of if you were talking about running 386/ix on the 486).  Anyway, I do
believe that because you were in the protected mode you were getting
a higher speed rating than in DOS.

Mike

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