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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: 486SXs as Unix Iron?
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:39:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.164754.1034@beckman.com> daparish@beckman.com writes:
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- >Hey, I'm a 486dx33 owner, but as far as I know the fpu's never been used. If I
- >had to by the machine over I'd buy a 486sx33 and spend the other $200+
- >elsewhere.
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- There was some speculation a while back about some
- Windows apps that use a FPU. Excel, for one, but some-
- one reported a speedup using Word 4 Windows. Speculation
- was that it used it for such things as kerning or micro-
- justification.
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