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I made my Dad buy me a 387 math coprocessor when I was in college because I was taking math and physics courses but I bet none of the software I used ever even
by lisbbb 10mo ago
I made my Dad buy me a 387 math coprocessor when I was in college because I was taking math and physics courses but I bet none of the software I used ever even accessed that chip. It was more about the empty socket on the mobo looking out of place.
- qingcharles 10mo agoI had to look up which PC games had an option to use the x87: - Vette! - Falcon 3.0 - Quake And some others: https://www.mobygames.com/attributes/attribute/115/ https://www.mobygames.com/attributes/attribute/115/ Apparently the 87/287/387 weren't that good as a gaming co-pro as the marshaling of the data to/fro from the CPU was too slow. It was a lot better on the 486DX onwards, I guess.