>From: Marc Sira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Replacement PB Duo 270C active matrix screen? >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:05:29 -0800 (PST) > [snip] > >Between a Duo 280 and 270 you'll find that the 280 is somewhat appreciably >faster most of the time and considerably faster for integer-only number >crunching, but vastly slower (or simply impossible to use) for floating-point >work. Since you're only likely to actually need an FPU for things like non- >realtime graphics rendering, you can decide which would suit your needs >better. Most Mac software never hits the FPU, especially 68k stuff (since the >presence of one is so hit-and-miss, and failing to find it is usually a >crashing matter on a stock OS). > >-- >Marc Sira | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you can't play with words, what good are they? > >------------------------------
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