Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!mimsy!midway!gargoyle!ddsw1!proxima!ctk1!oct1!mason From: mason@oct1.UUCP (David Mason) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: hardware requirements [for ISC X 1.2] Message-ID: <1990Dec16.153101.26670@oct1.UUCP> Date: 16 Dec 90 15:31:01 GMT References: <1990Dec3.162251.19808@oct1.UUCP> Reply-To: mason@oct1.UUCP (David Mason) Organization: Open Computer Technology Lines: 22 >mason@oct1.UUCP (David Mason) writes: >> Can anybody tell me if a '387 makes a difference with ISC >> 2.2 X? > > I can't say, I have always had one in all the machines I own. ISC >claims it won't help much, as they borrowed some of X11 r4 and got rid >of most of the FP intensive stuff... This was confirmed to me in private mail from somebody with an ISC address. I wrote back asking permisson to quote on the net, but got nothing, so I'll summarise the gist of it. The importance of a numeric co-processor depends on if the X application requires it. In ISC X 1.2 server, the X11R4 arc and wideline code has been included in what is an X11R3 server, to eliminate almost all the floating point calculations in the server. -------------------- David Mason | "Strange the mind, mason@oct1.UUCP | that very fiery particle, "olsa99!oct1!mason"@ddsw1.MCS.COM | Should let itself be snuffed out ...!ddsw1!olsa99!oct1!mason | by an article." Byron