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MartyPC @ 8MHz?

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First post, by middlenibble

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Hi all,
I'm trying to configure a MartyPC box which performs like an 8088 at 8 MHz but can't make it work. It's either 4.77 MHz or something above that via the turbo button. I appreciate any insight.

Reply 1 of 4, by GloriousCow

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Turbo should be 7.3MHz. In what way are you seeing it way above that?

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Reply 2 of 4, by middlenibble

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I'm using the ibm5160_xtide config.
Without turbo, Topbench scores 4 and classifies the box as an Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz.
With turbo, the box scores 13 as an NEC V3 @ 8MHz.

Reply 3 of 4, by GloriousCow

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middlenibble wrote on Today, 14:18:

I'm using the ibm5160_xtide config.
Without turbo, Topbench scores 4 and classifies the box as an Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz.
With turbo, the box scores 13 as an NEC V3 @ 8MHz.

That's not incredibly far off the mark, although I'm not sure why it's picking up an NEC for that. Do we have results to compare to from a real 8MHz system?

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Reply 4 of 4, by keenmaster486

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FWIW turbo is upwards of 14 MHz for me.

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