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- From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
- Subject: Re: Math coprocessor with ODT
- Organization: CompuData Inc.
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:19:17 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.171917.6203@compu.com>
- References: <1992Dec29.023225.23804@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- drupp@cs.washington.edu (Douglas Rupp) writes:
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- >Can anyone tell me how much adding a math coprocessor will help response
- >time in ODT? I have a 386/40 with 64K cache and an Paradise 8514/A video
- >card. I do alot of heavy duty graphics development using a commercial
- >GKS binding to X-windows. I am wondering just how much floating point
- >is used in X? What response I get now is not objectionable, but maybe I'm
- >missing out.
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- Definately. While I'm not running ODT, I do have the 386/40 w/coprocessor and
- there is a difference. Whatever UNIX does, it does help to have a math
- coprocessor on board a 386 system.
- fred
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