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John Neil & Associates
P.O. Box 2156
Cupertino, CA 95015 USA
Orders:
E-Mail:
(800) 663-2943
(415) 661-2944
johnneil@netcom.com
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About PowerFPU
;QPowerFPU
is a new high-performance 68K FPU emulator for the Power Macintosh from
)aJohn Neil & Associates. By working closely with the built-in Apple 68K emulator and re-directing
U68K FPU calls to the high-speed PowerPC CPU, PowerFPU provides extremely fast 68K FPU
]emulation. PowerFPU is over ten times faster than SoftwareFPU, John Neil & Associates
other
`low-cost FPU emulator, and faster than some versions of the Motorola FPU chip itself! The chart
Wbelow shows where PowerFPU performance falls in the range of Macintosh FPU performance:
Time
execute
TimeTest
benchmark,
ticks
(smaller
faster)
SoftwareFPU
3.02
(emulation)
(Power
8100/80)
16MHz
68881
(chip)
(Mac
16MHz
68882
(chip)
(SE/30)
PowerFPU
(emulation)
(Power
8100/80)
40MHz
68882
(chip)
(Mac
IIfx)
40MHz
68040
(integrated)
(Quadra
840AV)
;2With PowerFPU you can run all 68K FPU applications
at full-speed
on your Power
Macintosh!
YPowerFPU is currently available through John Neil & Associates for a special introductory
)Yprice of $75. Registered SoftwareFPU users may upgrade to PowerFPU for $50 ($60 for 68K-
Zonly SoftwareFPU users). See the order form at the end of the
About SoftwareFPU
document
Tfor ordering information. PowerFPU requires a Power Macintosh computer or Macintosh
%computer with a PowerPC upgrade card.
-XAll prices subject to change without notice and do not include any applicable sales tax.
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