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From: pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 80387 25MHz & 33MHz Questions (Was : 80387 25MHz question)
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.202955.12774@mccc.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 91 20:29:55 GMT
References: <1991Apr23.081807.27116@cs.mcgill.ca> <1991Apr24.165319.3600@digi.lonestar.org>
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In article <1991Apr24.165319.3600@digi.lonestar.org> jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) writes:
=I think that most of the speed gained by the Weitek coprocessor is because
=it is memory mapped.  The new Cyrix memory mapped '387 is supposed to be
=just as fast as the Weitek (or very close) and can be used as either
=memory mapped or interrupt driven.  There is an article about 386 coprocessors
=in the May '91 Dr. Dobb's.  Give it a read.

And the Cyrix is a good deal less expensive.  We just ordered a whole
bunch at $398 and change.

Pete
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