ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (06/24/89)
I run SCO Xenix on an ATT 6310 (80286). One of the most common (and time consuming) tasks for my machine is computing checksums on large files (using a crc formula). Would adding an 80287 speed these calculations up, or does the 80287 affect only floating point operations? Would an 80287 have any (favorable) impact on compile times for cc? (Not the speed of the resulting programs - the compilation process itself.)