On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
> Maybe the machine has an 040 accellerator cpu installed. I don't even
> know if there IS an 040 upgrade for the IIci but that is the only thing I
> can think it might be except that maybe this software product provides a
> layer to fool macos into thinking it HAS got an 040?
If anybody'd bothered to read the rest of the site, he'd know that the
machine the screenshot was taken from has an '040 accelerator installed.
Criminy.
ok
r.
>
> Kinda like those software 'math coprocessors' that used to allow you to
> run autocad on a machine without a 287/387 by providing the function in
> software. It actually did speed floating point up quite a bit, but not
> nearly what the hardware FPU would have.
>
> I hate it when manufacturers abandon legacy hardware. My Sunbox can't run
> any Solaris above 2.4(sunos5.4) cause Sun doesn't love me anymore
> (screwing up eyes to fight tears).
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> In <200011221524.HAA10674_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>, on 11/22/00
> at 06:44 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu> said:
>
> >> >This is absolutely *disturbing*.
> >> >http://people.ne.mediaone.net/brochner/bornagain/showme.htm
>
> >> It`s running on a 040 there
>
> >The IIci is not an '040.
>
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Received on Wed Nov 22 2000 - 18:03:42 GMT