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 13:12:23 GMT References: Lines: 21 s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) writes: >isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) writes: >>I basically >>would like to know if a 386SX/16 with coprocessor will perform better >>in this context than a 386/25 without. BTW, the single most important factor in getting WP to speed up is having extra memory. A suitably-configured EMS or RAM disk has a greater effect than processor speed. If cost is a factor, this point might be worth investigating. (WP slushes to disk a lot on large files.) My 25MHz PC took 4 secs to get through a 160K file, but with the EMS disabled, it took about 12 secs per page. -- Regards, Ron House. (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au) (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)