simmiv
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Hi everyone,
I like many of you have some old vintage computers, Tandy TRS80 Model 1, Apple IIe, IBM PC, XT. AT, PS/2's etc, well into the 90's. I'm planning to organize a vintage computer show sometime in the future for charity fund raising. One of the things I'm hoping to achieve is to have the ability to engage with the younger generation somehow.
One idea is to get them to use their mobile phones to compare their own mobile phone's computing power with the computing capability of the vintage PC they are looking at.. This means I have to come up with a benchmark which can span different computer architectures and makes, which can be replicated on modern mobile phones. If someone is looking at an Applie IIc or IBM PC, they would have a sign telling them it's bench marking figure and advise them to load a URL on their mobile phone to compare their mobile computing power to the vintage computer.
This is not meant to be accurate or precise, simply relative and for fun. Of course the main focus of the benchmark would be the capability of the CPU as graphics is not something these vintage computers did well. I've seen a few benchmarks using Basic as the foundation due to it's cross platform capability. Just wondering if something similar could be done on a web page for a mobile phone, or are there some other benchmarks possible to get a relative difference in computing power? Looking for some advice!
Simmi
I like many of you have some old vintage computers, Tandy TRS80 Model 1, Apple IIe, IBM PC, XT. AT, PS/2's etc, well into the 90's. I'm planning to organize a vintage computer show sometime in the future for charity fund raising. One of the things I'm hoping to achieve is to have the ability to engage with the younger generation somehow.
One idea is to get them to use their mobile phones to compare their own mobile phone's computing power with the computing capability of the vintage PC they are looking at.. This means I have to come up with a benchmark which can span different computer architectures and makes, which can be replicated on modern mobile phones. If someone is looking at an Applie IIc or IBM PC, they would have a sign telling them it's bench marking figure and advise them to load a URL on their mobile phone to compare their mobile computing power to the vintage computer.
This is not meant to be accurate or precise, simply relative and for fun. Of course the main focus of the benchmark would be the capability of the CPU as graphics is not something these vintage computers did well. I've seen a few benchmarks using Basic as the foundation due to it's cross platform capability. Just wondering if something similar could be done on a web page for a mobile phone, or are there some other benchmarks possible to get a relative difference in computing power? Looking for some advice!
Simmi