Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:02

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In article <1gl4bjINNh73@menudo.uh.edu> cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu (David Alten) writes:

>Did the ci and/or PC have an FPU??  If I remember correctly, Excel checks to
>see if you have an FPU, and uses FPU math instead of integer math if you have
>an FPU installed.

>I'm not too familiar with PC's, so if I missed something, please correct me.

Neither 386 box has an FPU as far as I know. The mac doesn't 
either. 


I'm going to try this on a couple 486 boxes upstairs.



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