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Subject: Re: Latest opinion on cpu speed and strength gained for older DOS programs

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 15:27:10 12/16/03

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On December 16, 2003 at 14:55:41, Gerald Grimsley wrote:

>Hello, this is with reference in particular to the older DOS programs like MCP8,
>HIARCS 7 Genius 5, Rebel series, etc. which are still some of my favorite
>programs.  I play them on a DOS OS computer that is old P200 64 Mb RAM.  If I
>buy another used pc just with a DOS OS (DOS 5 or 6.22), say P3 500 with 128-256
>RAM will I notice a significant increase in the performance of these programs?
>Thanks for any thoughts on this.
>Gerald


If you mean you personally - it depends on your rating - if you are rated above
2300, you might notice a difference - if you are below 1700, you will notice
almost no difference.  Going from P200 to P500 might be around 3x pickup in the
programs - or roughly 75 points in ELO.  So if you assume one of these old
programs is rated 2400 on a P200, it might be  a 2475 on P3 500.  A 2300 player
should notice a difference , a 1700 player most likely will not.



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