Re: Zip Chip programming info / disk image?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

PZ wrote:
> Did the uSpeed predate the GS and did it come with patches for the SINE
> routines?  I'm wondering how it stacked up to the others.  I know the
> AE Fastmath was considered to be relatively very weak compared to the
> FPE & Number Cruncher.

Yes, it predated the IIgs.  And it came with patches for all the FP
functions.  It was about 5x the speed of the stock Apple II when
running patched Applesoft (standard benchmark waivers apply ;-).

Ironically, the 8MHz Zip Chip (with which it is incompatible ;-) also
produces about a 5x speedup, and does it on all code, not just FP BASIC.

Of course, the big winners were the worst Applesoft offenders, like
SQR, which was horribly implemented.

-michael

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