gpitcher@edpmgt.UUCP (Glenn Pitcher) (05/09/91)
First off, thanks to all who sent me their impressions of the 287 processor
that AMD is currently offering for $99. I don't think I received one negative
response.
Aynway, I finally got the chip (a day late). Installation took about five
minutes (you've never seen a PC being taken apart so fast!! 8-) ). I ran
the sample s/w that came with the chip and was pretty impressed. The real
test, at least for me, was to work with Generic Cadd level/2. I loaded in
a file which was ~180K. It consistsed of eight 8 1/5 x 11 inch pages of
cabinet drawings. Pretty detailed stuff as far as shop drawings go. Without
the processor, my system (a 20Mhz 286 clone w/ 16 bit VGA) took 13 seconds
to redraw the entire drawing. With the 287, the time was cut down to three
seconds!! I think it's needless to say that I had a grin from ear to ear!
If anyone else has an application which can take advantage of a co-processor,
I strongly suggest that you invest $100. You won't regret it.
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Programmer/Analyst & hp-sdd!teamnet!gpitcher
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