Re: Math chip

[sbehrens@bigfoot.com (Sönke Behrens)]

Ronald Clark <ron@pacifier.com> wrote:

>Is there a Math chip fo the GS?
>and is it of any use like what program can use it and is it worth it?

Ja, there is! Get the NumberCruncher. It uses a 68881 or 68882 and is
compatible to the FPE. Unlike the FPE, however, it doesn't have the
hardware bugs that crashed the FPE.

Drawback: You may have to find some others who want one ... I don't
know when the next production run might start, or at what quantity.

It accelerates everything that uses SANE, through an init. That init
has been debugged quite a bit from the one that shipped with the FPE,
as well.

And, of course, ORCA/C and ORCA/Pascal can create source code that
accesses the card directly, for _dramatic_ speedups.

IMO, well worth it. I never regretted buying a NC.

Yours
Sönke

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