charles1@garfield.MUN.EDU (Charles Loader) (07/26/89)
We have been using EROFF for a while now and are very satisfied with it. We would like to get our output faster though! I an wondering if the installation of a maths coprocessor would significantly speed up EROFF? Were use tbl and eqn frequently. I know that on bench marks (SAVAGE) the maths chip runs over 8 times faster. Charles Loader cloader@mun.BITNET charles@garfield.UUCP
jlo@elan.elan.com (Jeff Lo) (07/27/89)
In article <5264@garfield.MUN.EDU> charles1@garfield.MUN.EDU (Charles Loader) writes: >We have been using EROFF for a while now and are very satisfied with it. >We would like to get our output faster though! > >I an wondering if the installation of a maths coprocessor would significantly >speed up EROFF? Were use tbl and eqn frequently. I assume you are talking about a floating point chip. This will not affect the performance of eroff unless you are using pic or grap. Troff, nroff, tbl and eqn basically use integer arithmetic only. Pic and grap use floating point extensively. The printer drivers only use floating point where it is necessary for the floating point output of pic and grap. Therefore an FP chip will not help you if you are only using tbl and eqn. -- Jeff Lo, Elan Computer Group, Inc. jlo@elan.com, ..!{ames,uunet}!elan!jlo 888 Villa Street, Third Floor, Mountain View, CA 94041, 415-964-2200