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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Floating point for windows??
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.192250.4977@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 8 Jan 91 19:22:50 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.080328.1@acad3a> <1991Jan7.153421.25502@sunee.waterloo.edu> <1991Jan7.164119.10490@news.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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In article <1991Jan7.164119.10490@news.iastate.edu> i1neal@exnet.iastate.edu (Neal Rauhauser -- ELT Computer Applications Group) writes:
>
>
>    Does windows use a floating point chip if its present? I have no
>programs that specifically require one, but $300 for a 387sx would
>be much easier to take than upgrading my sx to a full size machine.
>I'd like to here from someone who has done a side by side comparison
>of two identical machines except that one has a 387. I'll post
>results if they're interesting enough
>

If I am not mistaken, Windows uses integers internally, so, no, a floating
point chip wouldn't help.

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