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Article #1233Re: Does math coprocessor speed up GUI (here: OS/2 presentation mgr)?
From: Stephen M. Lacy
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:38
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:38
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>|> My understanding is that PMX performs not only the standard MIT X server >|> functions, but must translate the X-windows actions into the equivalent PM >|> actions. Apparently this intermediate layer has the floating-point code in >|> question. > >But this thread started with the claim that PM was fast because it was all >integer. So these guys are coverting from int to float and then back to int >again? Bizarre! Ok, I've just purchased a used 387DX that I'm going to place in my computer. We'll see how much of a performance increase results. I should have the chip by the end of the next week. Steve "Eight o'clock in the morning and the daylight makes me look and feel like hell" -OMD
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sl31+ From: sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: Does math coprocessor speed up GUI (here: OS/2 presentation mgr)? Message-ID: <0ebb_Z600VpQ4RZW4G@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 28 Aug 92 10:38:29 GMT Article-I.D.: andrew.0ebb_Z600VpQ4RZW4G Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: <1992Aug28.141752.23615@cam-orl.co.uk>