In article <1992Nov19.161622.10766@Princeton.EDU> awolfe@moo.Princeton.EDU (Andrew Wolfe) writes:
>Just curious - but what do people do on a powerbook that requires an FP coprocessor? Model fluid flow around space-shuttle heat tiles??
>
>I assumed that most people use powerbools to write, to draw, and to connect to remote hosts. None of these are going to be improved by the use of a coprocessor. Excel is an in-between, but my guess is that most people use simple, non-recursive spreadshe
>ets that perform no more than 1000 calculations at a time. A coprocessor would only save 10ms or so...
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>Are there people doing important number crunching on Powerbooks or are people just anal about having a coprocessor to balance their checkbooks? I am interested in hearing what people use their PB coprocessors for.
Don't have an answer for you, but do have another question. Does the
68882 help with C compiling and Binhex conversions? I've gotten two
different answers...
--- Nick
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