Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!ottsun1!pickles From: pickles@ottsun1.uucp (Clive Pickles) Subject: Re: Will WP 5.1 use a co-processor? Message-ID: <1991May14.205132.2536@ottsun1.uucp> Sender: pickles@mpr.ca (Clive Pickles) Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada References: <13596@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 14 May 91 20:51:32 GMT In article <13596@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> ggurman@cory.Berkeley.EDUIn article isaacso@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) writes: writes: >>coprocessor if one is present? I'm drafting some preliminary >>specifications for a new system and this will be very useful >>information. >From: ggurman@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gail Gurman) >Path: cory.Berkeley.EDU!ggurman > >Yes, it does. In fact I really wish I had one. It supposedly (since I >don't have one I can't verify) increases the speed of various operations, >including the snail-like "view document" feature. > >Gail Sorry, no it doesn't. Just got off the phone with a WordPerfect support person, who confirmed this. We have a lot of 386 machines here, and the ones WITH a co-processor don't do anything faster than the ones without (in WP). Clive -- =================================================================== = Clive Pickles - Systems Administrator MPR Teltech Ltd. (Ottawa) = = Phone: (613) 787-4159 ------------------ E-mail: pickles@mpr.ca = ===================================================================