README NWBench.app--4 October 1994 NWBench is NEXTSTEP benchmarking software developed by Simson Garfinkel for NeXTWORLD magazine. It provides a number of useful benchmarks for determining NEXTSTEP hardware performance, including: * dhrystones and MIPS (based on the BYTE Unix Benchmarks--Release 3) * DRAM to VRAM, VRAM to VRAM composites * Ethernet write performance * disk performance * How fast the computer can look for a predetermined set of words in Webster.app * How fast the computer can compile BusyBox.app This source is unsupported by Simson Garfinkel, the former employees of NeXTWORLD magazine, or IDG (former publishers of NeXTWORLD). This code is in the public domain. Specifically, we give to the public domain all rights for future licensing of the source code, all resale rights, and all publishing rights. We ask, but do not require, that the following message be included in all derived works: Developed and placed in the public domain by Simson Garfinkel. SIMSON GARFINKEL, THE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF NeXTWORLD MAGAZINE, OR IDG COMMUNICATIONS, GIVE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, FOR THE SOFTWARE AND/OR DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. --Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com <No NeXTmail> 4 October 1994
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