Trixter
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Full tool alpha is ready for testing!
Full tool alpha is ready for testing!
Hey, I actually got close to finishing the full tool! Everything works (with one exception, see below) and you can pick it up and play with it here: ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/TOPBENCH/topb_v03.zip
The full tool (requires 384K RAM) has the following benefits over the stub:
The "exception" is that there is no mean averaging during the realtime benchmarking part, so you might find the following behavior:
The above problems are due to interrupt jitter, which is both intentional and anticipated -- I just need to bone up on statistics so I can perform some smoothing. (Anyone know a good online Statistics 101 course?)
Full tool alpha is ready for testing!
Hey, I actually got close to finishing the full tool! Everything works (with one exception, see below) and you can pick it up and play with it here: ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/TOPBENCH/topb_v03.zip
The full tool (requires 384K RAM) has the following benefits over the stub:
- Menu-driven interface
- Can view, add, edit, and delete systems
- Can export the database to a .CSV file for use with spreadsheets
- Compare any two systems to see how they differ in terms of speed
- Continuously benchmark your machine or emulator (makes it easy to dial a specific speed in DOSBOX by hitting CTRL-F11/F12 while realtime benchmarking is running)
The "exception" is that there is no mean averaging during the realtime benchmarking part, so you might find the following behavior:
- You add your system to the database, but the realtime benchmark part matches some other system that is very close to yours
- During the realtime benchmarking part, the matched system jumps between two systems every refresh
The above problems are due to interrupt jitter, which is both intentional and anticipated -- I just need to bone up on statistics so I can perform some smoothing. (Anyone know a good online Statistics 101 course?)