387 emulators (was: Wanted:387 SX)

-----Original Message----- From: Uncle Roger [SMTP:sinasohn@crl.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 1997 6:08 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: 387 emulators (was: Wanted:387 SX) At 05:07 PM 10/20/97 +0000, you wrote: worked actually my 386SX IIRC, Autocad *requires* a mathco, so one has a choice of a) buying a mathco (used to be $$$), b) running with an emulator, or c) not running autocad. As to whether the system will run faster with or without a software mathco emulator, I must admit, it would seem obvious that an emulator would only slow the system down (by using more Cpu time to handle the emulator than going straight to the CPU -- kinda like buying direct from the mfr and eliminating the middleman) but I cannot say that that's true without testing it. The FRANKE87 program may be really good at what it does, enough to make a difference when compared to Intel's idea of FP math. I have to say that if Merch says he measured the difference and the emulator is faster, I'll take his word for it until proven wrong. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad sinasohn(a)crl.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/