Hopefully this means we don't have to scan the VZ User (?) magazine. And what about the projects (hoping) that never made it into the mag ? Leslie. ... From:...
Back in the 80's Creative Computing published a BASIC benchmark written by David H. Ahl and at least one article that compared a lot of the machines of the...
VZ300, with nothing attached. Generic Basic/Applesoft 10 rem Ahl's simple benchmark 20 for n = 1 to 100: a = n 30 for i = 1 to 10 40 a = sqr(a): r = r + rnd(1)...
Thanks! BTW, since the BASIC is based on the TRS-80 RND(0) should be used instead of RND(1). It's mentioned in the article but easy to miss. 1:55 is on the...
I recently purchased some magazines and for some reason have a recollection of a similar article. When I get the chance I will go through the mags to see if it...
Hi James, ... Is there any link to times of other computers? VZ BASIC would be a lot faster if the interrupt routine didn't have to take nearly 1/3 of the T...
... Average from the original article was around 2 min. With all the newer machines we are testing it would be much lower now. Here is the thread on Atariage: ...
Got this google search in me inbox s'arvo. Went a looking but cant find it. Anyone wanna go fiddle and attempt to find this vid? ... From: Google Alerts...
Hi James, This was the second run on WinAPE, emulalting a 6128 Plus, so yes it was on an emulator, however, the instruction timing on WinAPE is EXACTLY the...
Well, it gets an asterisk in the results until I see the results from a real machine. FWIW my results with benchmarks on emulators have shown some of them to...
... Dang, just attempted to reply to this and me dopey outlook locked up. Yep, very slowly. I don't have the smarts for the main routine, hence why it is very...
All, Maze of Argon... One of the few games that never got transferred over for emulation. Found me Maze of Argon tape, and have had a quick crack at trying to...
The VZWiki has moved to http://vz.toseciso.org/ No new content yet, but I hope to get around updating it a bit. You are of course more then welcome to help,...
Hey Dave, email me your wave, I'll have a bash at it _____ From: vzemu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vzemu@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djm Sent: Saturday, 29...
Hi Dave, Did you try using the slope conversion method with my WAV2VZ utility? This pretty much ignores the amplitude of the wave and finds bit boundaries...
[kinda a long story. Grab a beverage and read on...] Guy, Duke ... ...Yep, will have it up somewhere shortly (Am back at work on Thursday, and is too hard and...
Woohoo. Got it. .....but I buggered one of my DR20's in the process. :( (Didn't realise I had a second one until this arvo) Used good old trusty NT4 on old...
Meat Pies 2 Co-ordinates Microscope 2 Name that Town All by Larry Taylor. Fairly dopey/boring, but just want to attempt to complete the entire software...
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