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From: rick@always.com (Rick Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 249 hours to generate MANDELBROT image on 286
Message-ID: <1991May2.202155.744@always.com>
Date: 2 May 91 20:21:55 GMT
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Probably any 386 class machine (even the slowest of 'SX's) would
probably beat your '286 for this test.  This is because FRACTINT will
use 32 bit integer arithmatic on a 386* machine; which in this
application is substantailly faster than floating point; even compared
to using a math co-processor.  

	--rick

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