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From: mike@maths.tcd.ie (MIKE ROGERS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Computer Architecture question -- Daye Haynie
Message-ID: <1991May14.133421.23410@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 14 May 91 13:34:21 GMT
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In article <pq5Hex_@cs.psu.edu>, melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) wrote:
>The math coprocessor is built into the 68040.  Moto. claims that for
>most things it is 5-10 times faster than the 68882.

	But no transcendentals, right? Also, I think that trig is now software.
And aren't there errors (still?) in the initial 68040s?

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