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From: brando@uiucme2.me.uiuc.edu (Brando W. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Why do you need a 387 to run X11R3?
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Date: 12 Mar 90 19:26:44 GMT
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Who said you needed a 387??? It seems that no matter what the 80x86 product,
every vendor recommends a 387; probably because they are still $400+. I
have Interactive's 386/ix with the X11 distribution, VP/ix, etc, and mine
runs plenty fast with a base 386/25MHz, and 8mb core ram. I still also 
reserve opinions on whether tons on swap actually help. I have configured
20mb of swap compared with 10mb with no performance difference.

When everyone is up to the 486 level, a math coprocessor is on-board so that
throws the 387 discussion out the window.

Brandon Brown
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