Re: FPE Demand?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <HOCKLEYD.95Jan20112215@dec3300.cuug.ab.ca>,
Dallas Hockley <hockleyd@dec3300.cuug.ab.ca> wrote:
>I too would shell out between $100-$200 based on how fast and how compatible
>the FPE would be.  The ORCA compatibility would almost be a necessity.  Unless
>you can give an equivalent solution in effectiveness and ease of use.

   Orca compatability? Orca won't be sped up much at all by a
_Floating_Point_ accelerator. (Read: it'll take the sine of 2.5 faster
than unaccelerated.)

   If you mean compatability with Orca compiled stuff, it should be
transparent with everything that does things the legitimate way.
(FTA demos and such won't be accelerated since they don't use floating
point).

Nathan Mates



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