Math coprocessors

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Sun Apr 5 21:47:12 1998

Max Eskin wrote:
>
> I found a PS/2 Model 70 recently, which would normally have a 386,
> but the previous owner installed a Cyrix 486 upgrade chip. Does
> anyone know if I can use a 386 math coprocessor with this? I want
> to run AutoCAD.

The i486 has a coprocessor built in, I assume that the Cyrix does
as well. Try the software. IIRC, AutoCAD doesn't _require_ a math
coprocessor, but one does help performance by an order or two of
magnitude on a 386.
-- 
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
				Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Sun Apr 05 1998 - 21:47:12 BST

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