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From: kennel@minnie.cognet.ucla.edu (Matthew Kennel)
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Subject: Re: Fake Color Quickdraw (was Re: a whole bunch of things)
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Date: 15 Jul 88 21:29:32 GMT
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>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)