Re: Math chip

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Ronald Clark 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?
> Ron


Yes.  Please look at
http://www.mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de/mech/Dirk/NC.html
for more information.

It looks like the card not only accelerates FP operations,
but integer ones too.  Integer operations with the GS in
1MHz IIe mode with the math chip are equivalent to an 11.7MHz
Zip GS without the chip (I suspect things will move even
faster with the Zip GS up to speed _on top of_ math chip
operation).  For the savage test, a regular GS has to operate
at _500MHz_ just to catch this math chip.

-Scott G.