Date:  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:50:30 -0300
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Event: PASUG Mtg: Thurs, Apr 22nd


From: "Larry Lavins" <llavinsDESPAM at earthlink.net> 

..           PHILADELPHIA ALTERNATE SYSTEMS USER GROUP
..                  http://www.phillyos2.org
The Philadelphia Alternate Systems User Group (PASUG) invites all
interested computer users to attend the April meeting. .           
THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd, 2004  7:00-10:00PM
..  Bryn Mawr Community Center, 9 S. Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr,PA
  
..            ***  APRIL 22nd MEETING AGENDA  ***
..       --  INTEL P4 vs AMD ATHLON XP/MP SHOOTOUT  --
          >>>  SPECIAL TREAT: FRESH HOT PIZZA!  <<<
  
The April meeting promises to be a memorable experience. Everyone is
invited to come witness a 21st century hi-tech update of the famous
"Shootout at the OK Corral:" Doug Leach's Intel P4 system vs Vadim
Kavalerov's AMD Athlon XP/MP system.
  
Among the newest generation of processors from both AMD and Intel, both
have chosen to implement significantly different architechtures in their
processor designs. In particular, Intel's P4 is optimized to improve
performance with streaming multimedia applications, provided the code is
optimized to take advantage of these new designs. The AMD Athlon XP/MP
offers Intel MMX and SSE compatibility as well as 3DNow! multimedia
extensions. But AMD seems to have taken a more traditional architectural
approach which is less reliant on the latest optimizing compilers. In OS/2
systems, many of which use older legacy software, one might wonder how the
performance of the two will compare.
  
This month's meeting will feature a competitive demo, by Doug Leach and
Vadim Kavalerov, of 2 comparable systems running OS/2, one with an Intel
P4, and the other with an Athlon MP running identical pro-
grams to encode audio files to MP3 using CD2PM3 as the front-end to the
stripper and encoders. Several different encoders will be used including
the most recent version of LAME, compiled with the latest GCC compiler and
which provides an executable optimized for Athlon systems. We'll compare
encoding speeds of several music tracks with several versions of LAME, and
Bladeenc for OS/2.
  
Doug will also review the different programs required to strip and encode
music files to MP3 under OS/2 using CD2MP3. If time permits, we will also
listen to some of the MP3's produced with PM123 to see how the quality of
the different encoders compares.
  
Other agenda items include announcements, news & new software releases,
Q&A session, and 50/50 raffle. You will also enjoy fresh hot pizza,
delivered to our meeting at the break period.
  
MEETING FORMAT & TIME SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
..  7:00 - 7:15   Meeting start & Introductory Comments
..  7:15 - 7:45   Q&A Session
..  7:45 - 8:15   Fresh Pizza Break & Raffles
..  8:15 - 9:50   Networking Presentation/Demo
..  9:50 -10:00   Close-down, pack-up & exit building
                 by 10:00pm
- - - - -
Mark the date and time: THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd at 7:00pm.
PASUG meetings are open and free for all users, their guests and others
interested in learning about OS/2, Linux and associated technologies. We
have a very full agenda and tight schedule which will be enforced. Please
be on time promptly by 7:00pm to avoid missing earlier parts of the
meeting.
  
..          **   WE SUPPORT OPEN STANDARDS   **
  
PASUG meetings are held at the Bryn Mawr Community Center, next to
Ludington Library, at the corner of Lancaster and Bryn Mawr Avenues, Bryn
Mawr, PA. on the 4th Thursdays of Jan to Oct, and the 3rd Thursdays of Nov
and Dec.
  
Directions to the Bryn Mawr Community Center (BMCC) and other useful
information about the PASUG activities may be found on our web site at
http://www.phillyos2.org, or contact U/G Leader Larry Lavins:
llavins at earthlink.net, or phone (215) 878-9608.
 



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