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- > Good idea ! A 882 is really cheap ! Sure it would be able to lighten
- > the amount of work to nbe done by the CPU, wouldn't it ? Moreover, owner's of
- > an Afterburner would be happy with it, as their 040 has a math copper included.
- > Perhaps CENT40 owners would also be happy... :>
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- Unfortunately, a 68882 is too slow to assist BM's 3D engine - the rediculously high
- 80/96-bit accuracy would be completely wasted and it would never keep up with the
- DSP for fixed-point and integer calculations.
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- It would certainly make the collision detection EASIER to write, but it's worth the
- little extra effort to make it run on every machine. The FPU becomes really useful
- when developing the routines and testing them - but it's best avoided after that
- stage.
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- Doug.
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