From bmuller@kiae.su Tue Jan 23 15:40:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!bmuller From: bmuller@kiae.su (Bruno Müller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: [INFO] Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Jan23.154050.2928@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 15:40:50 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Benchmarking various C compilers and FPU math libraries on a Macintosh IIci (25 MHz 68030 + 68882). Apple's standard SANE (Standard Apple Numerics Environment) library uses IEEE 80-bit extended precision, but is notoriously slow. Total execution time for a 20-minute audio track dropped from 48 minutes to 6.2 minutes. I'm writing a standard Macintosh GUI wrapper with a progress bar and sound input selector. -- Bruno Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mperez@clari.net Thu Jan 25 14:45:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!mperez From: mperez@clari.net (Morag Pérez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [INFO] Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Jan25.144550.1925@clari.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:45:50 GMT References: <1996Jan23.154050.2928@kiae.su> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan23.154050.2928@kiae.su>, bmuller@kiae.su (Bruno Müller) writes: > Benchmarking various C compilers and FPU math libraries on a Macintosh IIci (25 MHz 68030 + 68882). Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. -- Morag Pérez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From kandersson@panix.com Fri Jan 26 10:10:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!kandersson From: kandersson@panix.com (Kenji Andersson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: [INFO] Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1996Jan26.101050.1204@panix.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:10:50 GMT References: <1996Jan23.154050.2928@kiae.su> <1996Jan25.144550.1925@clari.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan25.144550.1925@clari.net>, mperez@clari.net (Morag Pérez) writes: > Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Kenji Andersson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."