From ifournier@berkeley.edu Mon May 15 15:07:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!ifournier From: ifournier@berkeley.edu (Ines Fournier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 15:07:23 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Can a 1989 Mac IIci decode a 40-minute LP in reasonable time? Total execution time for a 20-minute audio track dropped from 48 minutes to 6.2 minutes. Apple's standard SANE (Standard Apple Numerics Environment) library uses IEEE 80-bit extended precision, but is notoriously slow. Anyone running this on a Quadra 840AV with the 68040? -- Ines Fournier Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From rpark@cern.ch Wed May 17 03:12:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!rpark From: rpark@cern.ch (Rodrigo Park) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1995May17.031223.1217@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 03:12:23 GMT References: <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu>, ifournier@berkeley.edu (Ines Fournier) writes: > Can a 1989 Mac IIci decode a 40-minute LP in reasonable time? > Total execution time for a 20-minute audio track dropped from 48 minutes to 6.2 minutes. Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Rodrigo Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mpetrov@panix.com Wed May 17 09:12:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!mpetrov From: mpetrov@panix.com (Mei Petrov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1995May17.091223.3230@panix.com> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 09:12:23 GMT References: <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu>, ifournier@berkeley.edu (Ines Fournier) writes: > Can a 1989 Mac IIci decode a 40-minute LP in reasonable time? > Total execution time for a 20-minute audio track dropped from 48 minutes to 6.2 minutes. Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mei Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From ijohansson@unam.mx Wed May 17 22:45:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!ijohansson From: ijohansson@unam.mx (Ines Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5 Message-ID: <1995May17.224523.6375@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 22:45:23 GMT References: <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995May15.150723.3636@berkeley.edu>, ifournier@berkeley.edu (Ines Fournier) writes: > Can a 1989 Mac IIci decode a 40-minute LP in reasonable time? Mac users bragging about 6-minute render times while Unix workstations do it in 20 seconds. Classic Apple distortion field. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Ines Johansson | ijohansson@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: F5CB 3DD2 96FF 71C2 "Keep the channels open."