Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jh4o+ From: jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Speed (long), was: Re: A low blow from Apple Message-ID: Date: 21 Sep 90 23:50:01 GMT References: <9009200536.AA27514@apple.com>, <15362@yunexus.YorkU.CA>, Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: Charles William Swiger writes: > Apple could include a socket on the motherboard for an optional math > co-processor chip (such as the 68881) and design the SANE toolset > to take advantage of such a co-processor rather than executing the > torturously slow emulation thereof, greatly improving the speed of > SANE calculations.... Actually, although there isn't a socket for a math coprocessor chip, I do know of a floating point CARD for the IIgs that (in)SANE supports. I don't remember what it's called; it's mentioned in the ORCA/C manual. Incidentally, ORCA/C can generate code that bypasses (in)SANE and calls the FP card in question directly. ----------------- Jeffrey Hutzelman America Online: JeffreyH11 Internet/BITNET:jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu, jhutz@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu >> Apple // Forever!!! <<