Re: 68882 in Mac II?

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From: Rich Siegel
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1989 15:06

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In article <9740@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
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>Is thatere any benefit in installing a 68882 (16MHz) into a Mac II?
>Is there any drawback?  What's the score?

	My Mac II has an '882 in it; floating-point is about 15-25% faster,
and there seem to be no ill effects. I am getting similar results with
an '882 in my Radius Mac Plus accelerator.

		-R.

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