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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SANE floating point accelerator
Message-ID: <25318@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 89 00:29:11 GMT
References: <890204165058.624910@DOCKMASTER.ARPA>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <890204165058.624910@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA writes:
>Someone recently mentioned there was an expansion card for the GS that
>contained floating point hardware that acceleratedthe SANE routines
>(presumably it also accelerates the fixed point ones too.)  he didn't
>have the details.  I too would like to know who makes it, how fast it
>is, and how much it costs.
>
>TMPLee@dockmaster.arpa

 
Innovative Systems, Severn, Maryland, sells an arithmetic coprocessor card for 
the Apple II family of computers called the "Floating Point Engine" or FPE.  
The product uses a Motorola 68881 FPU and retails for $229.  For more
information contact:
 
   Innovative Systems
   P.O. Box 444
   Severn, MD  21144-0444
   (301) 987-8688
 

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