Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!brolga!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!zeus!s64421 From: s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Will WP 5.1 use a co-processor? Keywords: WordPerfect coprocessor Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 12:39:54 GMT References: Lines: 22 isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) writes: >Can anyone say authoritatively whether or not WP 5.1 will use a math >coprocessor if one is present? I'm drafting some preliminary >specifications for a new system and this will be very useful >information. At present I'm editing a series of rather large >documents that are heavily laden with graphics boxes using multiple >fonts, and other things that makes WP really bog down as I scroll >through them (especially on my 8 MHz 8088 at home!). I basically >would like to know if a 386SX/16 with coprocessor will perform better >in this context than a 386/25 without. Sorry, I'm no authority, but I can't conceivably imagine what WP _could_ use a coprocessor for, even if its writers wanted to. I would be staggered if there is even one floating point calculation anywhere in the entire program. -- Regards, Ron House. (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au) (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)