The Multidos guy challenged him to a test to see just how much faster the clone was. Only he did not mention that he had an optimized basic compiler that he wrote himself on his machine. Anyway the BASIC program ran about 5 times as fast on the TRS-80 as it did on the clone which had twice the clock speed. Which of course meant his compiler (interpreters, actually in these cases) was about 10 times as fast as Billy Gate's (Microsoft) version. All of which proves the money does not go to the guy with the best product.
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2004/11/16 Tue PM 11:53:18 GMT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Home Computer Prediction From 1954
My first real computer (as opposed to the toy just mentioned) was a Radio Shack TRS-80 model III circa 1980 or so. It had 2 360mb 5-1/4in floppy
360Kb - unless you had a "special" 8-)
mike
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