MEGACALC Cruncher IBM-PC Speedup Board Info Wanted

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From: Kay Dekker
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1986 20:02

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This is a posting for a friend who isn't on the net yet; please mail info
to him: his path is ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!warwick!covpoly!garry.  Thankyou.
Kay.

Does anyone have any information on a product called the Cruncher, by
MEGACALC?  It sits between an IBM-PC (or equiv) and an 8087, cherry-
picking out some maths instructions invisibly to the software and the
advert claims a speedup of 8 to 10 times a PC *with* 8087.  It was
advertised in CADalyst sometime towards the end of last year for a cost
of $1400.

Does anyone have any more information?  Has anyone used it?  Can it be as
good as the ad claims?  Does anybody know of any equivalent (faster and
cheaper, maybe)?  Will it work on an Olivetti M24 (== AT&T 6300)?

-- 
"I AM; YOU ARE; HELLO: all else is poetry"
			... mcvax!ukc!warwick!kay

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From: kay@warwick.UUCP (Kay Dekker)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: MEGACALC Cruncher IBM-PC Speedup Board Info Wanted
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Date: Sun, 27-Apr-86 16:02:36 EDT
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Posted: Sun Apr 27 16:02:36 1986
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