Re: AE FastMath Card and GSymbolix

[dirk@gaga.maschinenbau.uni-dortmund.de (Dirk Froehling)]

In article <3u4b6k$q5f@sundog.tiac.net>, mrb042@tiac.net (Mark R.
Bradshaw) wrote:

>GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (GUDAT,HENRIK MICHAEL) wrote:
>
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>>If you want real performance, get your hands on a Number Cruncher or a
>>Fploating point machine. They scream!
>
>>- henrik
>
>Any Ideas about where to get one?

Here (I hope you all don't mind I post this again):

NumberCruncher features:

- totally compatible with the FPE from Innovative Systems

- much less sensible to heat, voltage problems etc.

- supports the FPE SANE patch for speeding up any program that does
  floating point calculations

- you can compile ORCA/Pascal and C programs to use the it directly
  with the special floatlib for the FPE provided by ByteWorks

- works in any slot (slot 3 & 4 without need for setting it to "Your
  Card")

- works with TransWarp GS and Zip GS accellerators and RamFAST SCSI
  card

The current price of a NumberCruncher card without 68881 is DM 250,-
plus shipping. If you already have a FPE with the copro socketed, you
can use it. You can use any 68881 or 882 in a ceramic package that runs
at least 10 Mhz. The NC runs at this speed (more is not necessary since
the slot I/O is the bottleneck). The price for NC+881 is not clear at
the moment,but you are probably better off getting the 68881 by
yourself. The current exchange rate is about 1$ = 1.40 DM I think, so
DM250 will be $179.

For orders or exact shipping info please contact

Andreas Schmidt Ruesingstr. 59 D-44894 Bochum Germany

Phone:    (011 49) 234 9230 833 FAX:      (011 49) 234 9230 846
Internet: as@mez.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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