Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!intercon!news From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Compiled PostScript Message-ID: <1681@intercon.com> Date: 5 Jan 90 00:34:59 GMT References: <1666@intercon.com> <1673@intercon.com> <17548@rpp386.cactus.org> <734@npiatl.UUCP> Sender: news@intercon.com Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Lines: 13 woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: >To my knowledge >none of the smaller lasers have a math co-procoessor. That one simple >hardware addition would make a significant impact on through put. Well, a hardware FPU will add several hundred dollars to the price. Since for most applications (churning out pages of text), the speed is limited by the marking engine, it's probably a reasonable compromise. Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation --