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- From: ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Subject: Re: Weitek 4167 and SVR4
- Keywords: weitek, svr4, speed
- Message-ID: <1218@bazooka.amb.org>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 06:38:50 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.010249.26474@netcom.com>
- Reply-To: ti@bazooka.UUCP (Ti Kan)
- Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386
- Organization: AMB Research Labs, Sunnyvale, CA.
- Lines: 19
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- In article <1992Nov6.010249.26474@netcom.com> cgates@netcom.com (Craig Gates) writes:
- >I'm considering buying and installing a Weitek 4167 in my 486DX 33Mhz.
- >Would the speedup be worth the money? I see in some ads that the co-processor
- >can be had for $350-500.
-
- Even if the OS supports the Weitek, it is not likely that your applications
- were compiled to use the Weitek chip. The Weitek is not Intel 387 compatible
- and applications needs to be compiled with special compilers that generate
- Weitek instructions in order to take advantage of the chip.
-
- I'd keep the money...
-
- -Ti
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