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- From: mike@rahul.net (Mike Smithwick)
- Subject: Re: Distant Suns 4.1 questions.
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 09:04:05 GMT
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- In article <1hsv0kINNsqv@network.ucsd.edu> jmw@chem.ucsd.edu (John M. Wright) writes:
- >In article <C02tDL.LwD@netnews.jhuapl.edu> bandy@netnews.jhuapl.edu (Mike Bandy) writes:
- >>
- >>I installed DS 4.1 a few days ago (neat package!). How can I tell if
- >>it's using the FPU? I assume it is, but is there a utility that shows
- >>FPU usage? I'm running on an A3000/25 with 68882. The program is at times
- >>slow, but calculating the coordinates of several thousand stars has to
- >>take a little bit of effort.
- >>
- >I concluded that it is *not* using the math chip because the title bar
- >says "--1.3-ffp" instead of "--2.0-fpu", and also because it would not
- >use the "state" files from directory states1 (where the fpu-version state
- >files are stored, according to the manual).
- >
- > John Wright Chemistry, MS 0314, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093-0314
- > jmw@chem.ucsd.edu jwright@ucsd.edu (619) 534-3049
- >
- >
- The other versions are available seperately. Otherwise it would
- have required a fourth disk in the box which would have increased
- the price.
-
- mike
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