Pels.exe
Freeware (c) 1998 S.E.Burd
Keywords Processor benchmark, emulator testing.

Requirements.

Dos, Windows, Bochs(LINUX), or practicaly any Dos emulation
80386+80387 (real or emulated)
ca. 74k low dos memory
VGA adapter 640x480x4bit
Spacebar!

Details.

Pels was written in an attempt to test a PC emulator on the
CBM Amiga. The minimal requirements are quite deliberate and
should only trouble users with 286/386sx hardware. By chance
rather than any programming talent it is still usable on up
to date PC's/dos emulations. Tested with all versions of DOS
after MSDOS 3.3 and also Freedos, Caldera, PCdos and so on.

History.

Originally Fern.bas, a single colour L-system fern plotter.
Modified over a couple years to use 386/387 instructions and
to use multicolour (16) display. Click in Explorer or type
Pels in dos and allow at least 10 seconds to get a result,
tap the spacebar to exit and see your computer's Pels figure.
The end text display gives a figure for your hard/software
configuration in PixELs per Second (hence Pels). If you run
under windows use full screen rather than a windowed dosbox.

My current PC is AMD Duron (Morgan) 1200mhz and achieves a
Pels rating of 105000 under plain Dos 8.0 and under Windows
ME the figure is 98000. I would be interested to hear from
any user about their Pels rating, please include some info
about the hardware and software environment which you ran
pels on. Also, an e-mail request IS required in order to
gain permission to include Pels.exe on cd-rom (even the
"free" disks included with computer magazines). Distribution
via the internet does not require permission even if on a
floppy or cd-rom image as long as no fees are charged for
supplying the image. You may not use this software if you
work for a military organisation in any capacity!

ste.burd@talk21.com

Written in Powerbasic, packed with Apack -m, Pels.exe is 15062 bytes.
Pels exits with error messages if the minimum req's are not met. 8-)
