>From: Marc Sira <toh at victoria.tc.ca> >Message-Id: <200301220205.h0M25TVU029678 at vtn1.victoria.tc.ca> >Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Replacement PB Duo 270C active matrix screen? >Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:05:29 -0800 (PST) > [snip] > >Between a Duo 280 and 270 you'll find that the 280 is somewhat appreciably >faster most of the time and considerably faster for integer-only number >crunching, but vastly slower (or simply impossible to use) for floating-point >work. Since you're only likely to actually need an FPU for things like non- >realtime graphics rendering, you can decide which would suit your needs >better. Most Mac software never hits the FPU, especially 68k stuff (since the >presence of one is so hit-and-miss, and failing to find it is usually a >crashing matter on a stock OS). > >-- >Marc Sira | toh at victoria.tc.ca >If you can't play with words, what good are they? > >------------------------------ non-realtime graphics rendering... real-time graphics rendering... Eh, please explain what these mean to you so that I might follow your thinking a little better. Maybe few examples too? Bob F