IBM VS C64
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FILENAME(S): IBM VS C64
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ
FILE SIZE: 5.4K
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
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| AO MAG NOV 86 | IBM VS C64 | SEQ | Radd Maxx | 16 | 1 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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.* IN THE ONGOING BATTLE BETWEEN THE .DI
FFERENT COMPUTERS, I THOUGHT THAT ALL.OF
THE COMMODORE USER'S WOULD BE .INTEREST
ED IN THIS ARTICLE. COMMODORE .IS STILL
IN THE RUNNING (600,000 SOLD .IN 1985).
E.T. BEAR.. IBM VS. C-64.
------------..BY BILL NEWBURY.
REPRINTED FROM THE.METRO-AREA COMMODORE
CLUB NEWSLETTER,.BOX M, MENDOTA MN 5515
0..USE OF BENCHMARK FILES IS A METHOD .E
MPLOYED BY REVIEWERS OF HARDWARE AND.SOF
TWARE TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE. THE.SOUR
CE OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS.ARTI
CLE CONCERNING WORD PROCESSORS FOR.THE I
BM PC WAS TAKEN FROM THE NOVEMBER.1984 I
SSUE OF BYTE MAGAZINE. THE .INFORMATION
LISTED FOR THE COMMODORE 64.WAS ARRIVED
AT BY RUNNING COMPARABLE .BENCHMARK TES
TS WHICH MATCHED THOSE .DESCRIBED IN THE
BYTE ARTICLE. .ALTHOUGH THE INFORMATIO
N MAY NOT BE .TOTALLY ACCURATE, I BELIEV
E THE RESULTS.RECORDED HERE ARE VERY CLO
SE..FROM LOOKING OVER THE TIMED VALUES F
OR.COMMON AND FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONS,
.IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT THE C-64 HAS.N
OTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR IN ITS WORD.PROC
ESSING CAPABILITIES WHEN COMPARED.TO THE
EXPENSIVE SOFTWARE RUN ON THE .HIGHLY T
OUTED IBM PC. THE DIFFERENCE .IN EASE O
F USE AND SPEED BECOMES EVEN.MORE APPARE
NT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE .SMALL AMOUNT O
F TIME AND EFFORT .REQUIRED TO EXECUTE B
LOCK MOVES, .DELETES, DRIVING THE PRINTE
R AND SO .FORTH ON THE COMMODORE. IN CO
MPARISON .TO PAPERCLIP AND EASYSCRIPT, T
HE ONLY .IBM ENTRY TO COME CLOSE WAS WOR
DSTAR, .A VERY CAPABLE WORD PROCESSOR WI
TH AN .EXTREMELY CLUMSY, ILLOGICAL AND .
DIFFICULT TO LEARN COMMAND STRUCTURE....
BENCHMARK TESTS..PRG:EASY PAP
ER MULT LEAD WORD SAMNA. SCPT CL
IP IMAT EDGE STAR III.COST $50 $9
0 $495 $100 $495 $550.. 1: 6:10 0:38
6:20 30:40 0:21 UNK. 2: :02.5 :06
:47 1:02 :04 1:40. 3: :27 :27
2:08 :44 :31 1:00. 4: :27 :27
:49 2:18 :31 UNK. 5: :01.5 :01.5
:06 :05 :07 :07. 6: :01.5 :01.5
:06 :01.5 :01 UNK..TEST 1: SEARCH A
ND REPLACE 400 OCCUREN-. CES OF T
HE SAME WORD IN THE IBM. TEST FIL
E; 420 OCCURENCES IN . THE C-64 T
EST FILE..TEST 2: SEARCH FOR A WORD THAT
IS AT . THE END OF THE FILE, STA
RTING . THE SEARCH FROM THE BEGIN
NING . OF THE FILE..TEST 3: SCROL
L FROM THE BEGINNING TO . THE END
OF THE FILE..TEST 4: SCROLL FROM THE EN
D TO THE . BEGINNING OF THE FILE.
.TEST 5: MOVE TO THE END OF THE FILE .
FROM THE BEGINNING, WITH TIMING.
STARTED AT THE LAST KEYSTROKE..TES
T 6: MOVE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE .
FILE FROM THE END, WITH TIMING.
STARTED AT THE LAST KEYSTROKE...ACCORD
ING TO THE BYTE ARTICLE, SAMNA .III IS C
ONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST.POWERFUL
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR THE .IBM. YET I
T TAKES ALMOST 7 MINUTES FOR.IT TO REFOR
MAT A DOCUMENT AFTER SOME-.THING LIKE A
MARGIN CHANGE AND 21 .SECONDS BETWEEN TH
E TIME THE LAST KEY.REQUIRED TO START PR
INTING IS HIT UNTIL.THE ACTUAL PRINTING
BEGINS. ALL OF THE.TESTS SHOWN HERE FOR
THE IBM WERE .CONDUCTED WITH A MONOCHRO
ME MONITOR. .ADD A COLOR SCREEN, AND TH
E PROGRAM .RUNS 2 TO 3 TIMES SLOWER, AT
A SUB-.STANTIAL PRICE FOR THE ADDED HARD
WARE..IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT DEDICATED
WORD.PROCESSOR USERS CONSIDERED SAMNA II
I .FAR SUPERIOR TO THE ONES THEY WERE .C
URRENTLY USING. CONSIDERING THE LACK.OF
SPEED IN MOST AREAS, IT SOUNDS TO ME.TH
AT ONLY A HUNT AND PECK TYPIST COULD.LIV
E WITH IT FOR VERY LONG...I THINK THE LA
CK OF EXECUTION SPEED IN.THESE SLOWER PR
OGRAMS IS DUE TO A "WHAT.YOU SEE IS WHAT
YOU GET" OBJECTIVE IN .THE PROGRAM DESI
GN. BIT MAPPING IS .USED EXTENSIVELY TO
SHOW ON THE SCREEN.WHAT YOU'LL GET ON T
HE PRINTER. IT'S.AWFUL PRETTY, BUT THE
SLUGGISH INPUT .AND EDITING OPERATIONS,
COUPLED WITH .THE EXPENSE OF THE PROGRAM
, ARE A VERY.HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR A PRE
TTY SCREEN!!..FURTHERMORE, MOST IBM PROG
RAMS ARE .MEMORY HOGS. FOR INSTANCE, SA
MNA III.REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 256K AND L
OADS .SEQUENTIALLY FROM TWO DISKS. IN A
DD-.ITION, LEADING EDGE AUTOMATICALLY .R
ESAVES YOUR FILE EACH TIME YOU STOP .TYP
ING FOR MORE THAN 10 SECONDS, WHICH.IS Q
UITE ANNOYING. MULTIMATE SAVES .EACH PA
GE TO THE DISK AFTER IT'S .COMPLETED, BA
SED ON THE MARGIN AND .LINES-PER-PAGE FO
RMAT, WHICH MAY SPELL.TROUBLE IF YOU DON
'T PLAN YOUR DOCUMENT.PROPERLY BEFOREHAN
D...ADVANCED FEATURES FOR THE SAMNA III
.WERE DESCRIBED AS MAIL-MERGE, INTE-.GRA
TED SPELL CHECKER AND AN ABILITY .TO DO
MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATIONS. IT .SHOULD B
E NOTED THAT PAPERCLIP WITH .SPELLPACK H
AS ALL THESE FEATURES ALONG.WITH A VERY
ADVANCED (BY COMPARISON).COLUMN MANIPULA
TION AND SORTING .FUNCTION...THE C-64 RE
ALLY CHOKED WHEN IT CAME.TIME TO COMPARE
THE SPEED OF THE LOAD.AND SAVE OPERATIO
NS. THE COMPARISON.WAS SIGNIFICANT; THE
IBM WAS BETTER.THAN 4 TO 5 TIMES FASTER
. THIS MARGIN.COULD SIGNIFICANTLY DECRE
ASE BY ADDING.AN IEEE DRIVE AND APPROPRI
ATE INTERFACE.TO THE COMMODORE...IN SUMM
ARY, THE TESTS RESULTS SHOW THAT.THE COM
MODORE 64 IS OUTSTANDING IN ITS.ABILITY
TO QUICKLY INPUT, EDIT, CHANGE.FORMAT AN
D PRINT OUT A DOCUMENT. FOR.INSTANCE, A
TOUCH TYPIST ON A C-64 .USING PAPERCLIP
, EASYSCRIPT OR WORDPRO.3 WOULD PROBABLY
BE HALFWAY THROUGH THE.SECOND PAGE BEFO
RE A TYPIST OF COMP-.ARABLE SKILL FINISH
ED THE FIRST PAGE ON.AN IBM WITH ANY OF
THE PROGRAMS .MENTIONED HERE. IT'S REAL
LY TOO BAD.THAT THE C-64 DOESN'T GET MOR
E RESPECT.FOR ITS PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIE
S. BUT .WE KNOW BETTER!!!..SO, AM I PAR
TIAL TO MY C-64?? YOU BET.I AM!! AFTER
COMPARING IT TO BIG BLUE.IN THE AREA OF
WORD PROCESSING, I FIND.NO REASON TO BE
HUMBLE BECAUSE I'M NOW.EVEN MORE PARTIA
L THAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!..
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