From: Matt Winston (mattwinston_at_ameritech.net)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 02:50:48 EDT
While I didn't run any benchmarks, the new mainboard in my 360PE has
graciously accepted Windows 98 Second Edition, IE 5.5, and Pen Services 2.0.
Took a bit of tweaking, and using some newer IBM drivers for LCD, color
management, APM support, and the like.
Not the fastest gun in the west, but a nice improvement in performance and
capacity.
If the 730's had a color display, I'd consider buying an upgraded board for
that too.
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Beals" <bandy_at_cinnamon.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: old thinkpad horsepower increase
> [claimer: I made the timing comparisons with a Goofy clock]
> [claimer: I paid my own money for the daughterboard]
> [claimer: I haven't tried to claim the $40 bounty for the 730T's cpu card]
> [disclaimer: I have no connection whatsoever with the mentioned parties]
>
> My interest piqued by the ads I've been running into by CUIINC on ebay, I
> finally felt I had the spare cash to put a bit more horsepower into one of
my
> old 730T tablet machines.
>
> The program I used for my speed tests is a copy of "Planet's Visibility",
> freeware, by Alcyone software http://www.alcyone.de. It takes a
measurably
> long time to run, even on a hopped-up 730T so I figured it would make the
best
> candidate for a test of my new cpu.
>
> Hardware: 730T* machines, 24Mib RAM (8Mib + 16Mib Kingston), 220Mib flash
> card, sitting in a dock with an external monitor attached, 16 colors.
> Software: Planet's Visiblity [PVIZ] version 1.5.3, W95
> Methology: boot system, login, stop ether card, remove same, run speed
test
>
> I configured the software for San Jose, California as the location, and
ran
> the timing test on the Sun's visibility [the default object], and timed
the
> change from the 2001 calendar year to the 2002 calendar year. This
> effectively does 365 sunrise/sunset calculations and also pays attention
to
> the moon's position so it can plot out any eclipses. The granularity is
finer
> than one hour, and it may be down to the minute.
>
> Time:
> 19 min 55 sec on 730T
> * 486SX/33 [no math co-processor!]
> 45 sec on 730TE [self-timed at 36sec via "one mississippi..."]
> (56 sec if screen paints twice due to bug in program)
> * 486[SLC?]/75
> 27 sec on 730T w/ cuiinc 133MHz cpu card [<18sec mississippi'ing]
> (33 sec if screen paints twice due to bug in program)
> * AMD 5x86/133
>
> For comparison, it runs in 3 secs with two screen paints on a
> PentiumIII/550MHz, sharing with SETI_at_Home, ReflectionX, etc.
>
> Conclusion: If you need the horsepower in a 730T formfactor, it's a great
buy.
>
>
>
>
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