Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA
From: GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA (Gern)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Z-100 blows away IBM-AT
Message-ID: <10708@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 15-May-85 14:55:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.10708
Posted: Wed May 15 14:55:10 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 21:56:28 EDT
Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA
Lines: 33


Using a standard BASIC benchmark, the Z-100 (8/16-bit 8088) blows
away an IBM-AT (16-bit 80286 at 6 MHz).

the progam:

5 TIME$="00:00:00"
10 FOR X=1 TO 10000
20 IF SQR(X)<>INT(SQR(X)) THEN 40
30 PRINT SQR(X),
40 NEXT X
45 PRINT TIME$
50 END

NOTE:  This program also is an accuracy test, the correct results are
the numbers from 1 to 100.  The TRS-80, Apple, HP, C64 can't do it
right (they miss about 20 numbers).

The time for the 6 MHz IBM-AT is 1 min, 13 sec

The time for the standard 5 MHz Z-100 is 1 min, 13 sec

The time for a turboed 7.37 MHz Z-100 is 49 sec

The time for the newly released 8MHz Z-100 would be better still.

The Z-100 is faster, can do better color graphics, has a real keyboard,
has a second 8-bit CPU for CP/M and is less than half the price of the
IBM-AT.   The cost of being better is not being competely IBM compatible.

Cheers,
Gern
-------