Re: New Math Coprocessor - who has a need for it???

[kapffer@Informatik.Mathematik.Uni-Mainz.DE (Matthias Kapffer)]

In article <3PIFBR8V@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de>, kapffer@Informatik.Mathematik.Uni-Mainz.DE (Matthias Kapffer) writes:
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|> Does anybody *know* if a 882 would bring any advantage in an Apple II ? The NC
|> was designed for clock rates up to 25 MHz (according to my memory ...); do 882
|> FPUs with a higher rating have a better availability/price ?

It seems my memory needed a little refresh, so I dug out the original article
(from January 1990). The author lists the following additional options for his
card (the NC, as compared to the FPE):

- a LED as activity monitor
- capable of using 68881 as well as 882 at any clock rate (even 882 @ 33 MHz)
- the gate array used will work at up to 100 MHz
- gate array and FPU can work synchronously and asynchronously


				- Matthias Kapffer