--- Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Some of the tests ran on my classic Mac stable had
rather startling results.
For example, the Daystar PowerCentral control panel
seems to accelerate FPU
performance on the IIci, even with no Daystar
hardware installed.
Apparently you had the
For example, the Daystar PowerCentral control panel
seems to accelerate FPU performance on the IIci, even with no Daystar
hardware installed.
Apparently you had the PowerMath switch on. That
redirects any SANE math calls normally processed
by the CPU to the FPU. It works even with an
From: Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
but it seems strange that SANE wouldn't do
that already on the IIci. Doesn't SANE use the FPU if present?
I have a dim recollection of reading that it depends on which OS it is.
You might add OS versions to your suite of tests. :-)
Gamba
but it seems strange that SANE wouldn't do
that already on the IIci. Doesn't SANE use the FPU if present?
I have a dim recollection of reading that it depends on which OS it is.
You might add OS versions to your suite of tests. :-)
I did find OS differences, yes -- the SE/30's FPU score
While trying to benchmark Fusion PC (as a IIci) on my AMD DOS PC, I threw
together a small implementation of the Sieve of Eratosthenes and Ahl's
Simple Benchmark to test integer and FPU performance. Like everything else
in my life, this snowballed, so here is the fruit of my labours for people
