80387 Math Coprocessors Speed Comparison

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In this video I test 4 80387 math coprocessors: IIT 3C87, Cyrix FasMath, and 2 versions of Intel 80387. The host machine is a Am386 running at 40Mhz. As such, all math coprocessors will be running at 40Mhz as 386 did not support asynchronous coprocessors.

Contents:
01:01 Intro
03:51 Testing methodology
04:51 Results
08:54 Videos of the running tests



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