Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ucsd!rutgers!ucla-cs!minnie!kennel From: kennel@minnie.cognet.ucla.edu (Matthew Kennel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Fake Color Quickdraw (was Re: a whole bunch of things) Message-ID: <14446@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 15 Jul 88 21:29:32 GMT References: <227@hodge.UUCP> <3988@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <5212@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <46753DN5@PSUVM> <13829@apple.Apple.COM> <390@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <13954@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: kennel@minnie.UUCP (Matthew Kennel) Organization: none Lines: 19 >Apple examined the possibility of emulating the 881 in software. We >concluded 1) It would be a tremendous amount of work -- Motorola tried it >and gave up, and 2) it would be very slow. > >David Goldsmith Apple Computer, Inc. >AppleLink: GOLDSMITH1 BIX: dgoldsmith 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS: 46B >UUCP: {nsc,dual,sun,voder,ucbvax!mtxinu}!apple!dgold Cupertino, CA 95014 >CSNET: dgold@apple.apple.com Jeez, Sun does it! (e.g. compile your program with cc -fsoft). Are you admitting their superiority? Maybe it would be hard to get an EXACT '881 simulation, i.e. down to the last bit and exception, but I think you could make one that was pretty damn close. Of course it would be slow, but would it be that much slower than what's done now? Matt K. (kennel@cognet.ucla.edu)