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- From: someone@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt)
- Subject: Re: PC-Clone UNIX Hardware Buyer's Guide
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.223422.17119@texhrc.uucp>
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- References: <1992Dec14.205445.6059@crd.ge.com> <id.D5VV.O87@ferranti.com> <1992Dec17.203324.1227@texhrc.uucp> <id.5DYV.RM8@ferranti.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 22:34:22 GMT
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- In article <id.5DYV.RM8@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec17.203324.1227@texhrc.uucp> pyeatt@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt) writes:
- |> > In article <id.D5VV.O87@ferranti.com>, peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- |> > |> I'd take a system with 16M and no FPU over 8M and an FPU any day.
- |>
- |> > I think I would go the other way around, ( 8M and an FPU over 16M without
- |> > one ) but that is because I need the 1000% speedup that the FPU will give
- |> > me.
- |>
- |> Let me guess... seismic analysis?
-
- Not on a Puny Computer, but I do run some neural network simulations,
- LaTeX, simulated annealing, and other FPU pigs. A PC with an FPU does
- reasonably well for these types of tasks, as long as you are not in
- a big hurry. ;^)
-
- |>
- |> You need to check out your news configuration. Your address comes out as
- |> "someone@texaco.com".
-
- I know, I've been chasing a bug in xrn. Thought it was related to that
- piece of code. I'm still looking. 8^{
-
- p.s. I liked your previous signature. I was amazed that it actually
- drew something.
-
- --
- Larry D. Pyeatt The views expressed here are not
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- exception of myself.
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