On 12/10/01, Samuel Jacobson quoth:
> I have a few questions regarding the 2-MB DRAM upgrade card from NewerRam
>that functions in the Newton. Specifically I was under the impression that,
>when installed, the card will effectively alter the eMate from a 16-bit to
>32-bit architecture, which effectively makes the unit run faster and more
>efficiently. Is this correct?
yes and no. The emate does switch to 32bit memory addressing, my
manual specifically mentions this, I think, I'll have to dig it out.
However, in reality this gives only a small performance upgrade. You
will see a difference on anything processor intensive. My favorite
benchmarks are the KungFu game
<http://www.unna.org/unna/games/KungFu1.0/> or NewtPaint
<http://pda-ny.tucows.webusenet.com/newton/adnload/33200_20153.html>,
the speed difference is very apparent on an upgraded emate. For
regular typing and whatnot, it may seem a bit snappier, but not that
much better. This is based on my own observations, etc. YMMV.
later,
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