[Coco] Invent a new way to calculate Pi

[Bruce Borer]

The AM9511 accelerator is a 32 bit math processor that sits on a 8 bit
bus.  Therefore you are comparing apples to oranges.

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 10:57 PM RETRO Innovations via Coco
<coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/18/2023 9:11 PM, Richard Goedeken via Coco wrote:
> > I have a little contest that I started a few months ago amongst all my
> > retro computer friends, to compare the BASIC interpreter speed of all
> > the different 8-bit computers against each other.  The Coco 3 is one
> > of the fastest, currently only bested by the Apple IIc accelerated to
> > 4MHz.
> >
> > The algorithm that I'm using to run the benchmark is called SPIGOT and
> > produces digits of Pi by using only integer math and a memory storage
> > array. You can find the scorecard in this Google doc:
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zlicfj__PcycbKEbfoiYRijUZh1dqujWPXgh6Um9YO4/edit?usp=sharing
> >
>
> Are you wanting additional data points?  I think some of us have
> additional platforms to test, if so. There's also some additional 8 bit
> accelerators that can be tested, if desired.
>
> All: Is there a link to additional info on the AM9511 accelerator? It
> sounds interesting.
>
> Jim
>
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