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From: barvian@ece.cmu.edu (Scott Barvian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: INIT Question: "SGIL Fast Math"
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Date: 28 Apr 91 02:21:48 GMT
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I recently downloaded the SGIL init from the umich archives.  It's supposed
to trap calls to Apple's "SANE" floating point ROM routines and speed things
up.  They claim that it works in general, but to *really* make things fly
you need to compile your software with their code library, bypassing
SANE entirely.

?? Any experiences?  Any evidence that it really helps?  If it works as
   advertised, it's one more reason to keep my Plus a bit longer.

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==== Scott Barvian ============ Department of Electrical/Computer Eng. ===
==== barvian@ece.cmu.edu ====== Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA  ===