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- Subject: Re: system 7 & Fpu question
- Cc: "'executor@ardi.com'" <executor@ardi.com>
- In-reply-to: <01BB47D6.B9142820@loukyts126.mis.net>
- To: "John K. Ramalho" <johnram@galileo.mis.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 96 11:01 MDT
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
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- >>>>> "John" == John K Ramalho <johnram@galileo.mis.net> writes:
-
- John> Hello all so by what I understand , if executor becomes
- John> compatible with system 7 & = Fpu, It would work faster
- John> wright? (when I mean fpu, i understand that it = would be an
- John> driver thatg would use my current co-processor, I have an =
- John> pentium 75)
-
- Executor has some System 7 support already, which can be enabled in
- the alt-shift-5 preferences panel.
-
- Although Executor does not emulate a 680x0 FPU, Executor already uses
- your Pentium's math coprocessor to do floating point math. Most Mac
- programs use the "SANE" toolbox to do floating point, and Executor's
- SANE implementation uses your coprocessor (if you have one).
-
- Most Mac programs can't use the 680x0 FPU directly. For those that
- can, emulating a 680x0 FPU would speed up their floating point
- substantially.
-
- Executor may emulate a 680x0 FPU someday, but it's a fairly low
- priority.
-
- -Mat
-
-