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Title: P.O.S.B.B. A new benchmark


[Portable OS-Based Benchmark]
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   o What is POSBB ?
     POSBB is a new benchmark program,with which you will be able to test and
     compare different computers,Operating Systems,CPUs,and even C compilers.
     It will be able to perform many tests,and the user will select wich test
     want to use. Later also graphical frontends for many platforms will
     arrive.

   o Why "POSBB" ?
     POSBB means Portable OS-Based Benchmark.

     Portable because there will be portings for many platforms and I'll send
     the sources to everyone who wants to help me.

     OS-Based because it will use functions of the Operating Systems,or ANSI
     C functions,but NEVER custom routines. I'll do so because I want to test
     the performances that real programs would have on a given computer and
     Operating System,not the raw power of the hardware.

     Benchmark doesn't need any other word.

   o Which tests does POSBB perform ?
     It does or will do these tests:

      o Memory copying speed [Done]
      o Int Math speed [Done]
      o FP Math speed [Done]
      o Sorting speed
      o Graphic speed (pixels,lines,polygons,etc...) [Done]
      o Text output speed (both graphical and to stdout)
        [Done (only to stdout at the moment)]
      o Disk speed (reading and writing to files,not directly to the disk)
        [Done]
      o GUI drawing speed (drawing of a very complex user interface,probably
        MUI on the Amiga)
      o Multitasking performances (using two or more threads)
      o JPEG / MPEG encoding-decoding speed
      o Data compression-decompression speed,with various algoritms
      o Ray tracing speed using POV-RAY freeware raytracer
      o ...
     " [Done] " Says the test already runs.
     Any other suggestions are welcome.

   o What platforms does POSBB run on ?
     At this time there's two version of Posbb: Amiga and "generic". The
     first do all the tests I've finished, the seconds lack graphical ones
     and it will enver have them. In fact the "generic" version is compatible
     with every computer on Earth which has a C compiler. You can compile it
     on every platforms without changing anything.
   o Who's working on "POSBB" ?
     At the moment only I am developing on POSBB. E-Mail Some people have
     helped me betatesting,compiling it for others platforms,suggesting me
     changes,sending me the results posbb gave on their machines. They are:
     Andreas R. Kleinert for reporting some bugs and helping in fixing them,
     Armin Kaiser for compiling posbb for i386-linux and for results files,
     Colin Thompson for bug report and result file,
     Bill Duxbury for bug report and result file,
     The CrapHead for compiling posbb for m68k-netbsd and for testing it on a
     great number of computers/OSes.
     I'd like to thank all them ! You can so take an important part in the
     developing of this program.me to join POSBB Team.
     I'm expecially searching for programmers who can port POSBB to other
     platforms,like Win16, Win32, MS-DOS, Un*x, BeOS, Mac,...

   o Where is POSBB ?
     Click here to download via HTTP the latest archive available. (Amiga
     v0.23,generic v0.12) (about 146 kb) It will be available on the Aminet
     soon ( check util/moni/Posbb.lha ). In the archive you will find the
     Amiga (m68k and PPC,optimized for all 680x0s),Linux (i386) and MS
     Windows (32bit) executables,sources,docs,results of tests on some
     machines.
     History History.generic History.Amiga Manual

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