From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) Subject: Re: Do X-Windows use the math-coprocessor? Date: 7 Dec 1992 22:11:54 GMT
In a previous article, cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) says:
>In article <1fme6dINNlr4@crcnis1.unl.edu>, makis@helios.unl.edu (Makis Maroulis) writes:
>> Hello everybody
>>
>> I have a 386DX-33Mhz without a math-coprocessor. I'm asking that question
>> because X-Windows in color mode look quite slow in my machine, so I was
>> wondering if I can improve the speed by adding a math-co, since I can't afford
>> to bye a 486.
>
>I beleive that the simple answer to that is YES!
I thought that the X Window System servers and window managers
used integer arithmatic. Therefore, I would think that
an additional floating point unit wouldn;t make a bit
of difference.
But as usual, I am probably wrong.
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