Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!cs4w+ From: cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Speed (long), was: Re: A low blow from Apple Message-ID: Date: 22 Sep 90 23:20:49 GMT References: <9009200536.AA27514@apple.com>, <15362@yunexus.YorkU.CA>, , Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: >> 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. Yes, I know. I mentioned it two paragraphs earlier.... It's called the Floating Point Engine, for about $250, was advertised in conjuction with Byte Works Orca/C, and uses a 68881. It (supposedly) has a patch for the SANE toolset that will send SANE requests to the 68881. >"Jeffrey T. Hutzelman" -- Charles William Swiger cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu