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i'm trying to remember what 80286 era dos/windows PC applications actually made use of the optional FPU and find myself coming up blank. maybe autocad?

by a-dub 3y ago

kijiki 3y ago
Falcon 3.0 had an optional extra realistic flight dynamics model that required a x87 FPU. Probably drove some sales of the 486DX.
pasc1878 3y ago
Many inhouse programs e.g. bank trading systems. Built using MS C also APL, Fortran and other languages
layer8 3y ago
Excel, as shown in TFA.