From kfischer@uu.net Thu Aug 01 20:52:13 1996
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From: kfischer@uu.net (Kirsty Fischer)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5
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Can a 1989 Mac IIci decode a 40-minute LP in reasonable time?

By passing the -mc68882 compiler flag in Think C, all sin/cos and sqrt operations compile directly to FPU opcodes.
Total execution time for a 20-minute audio track dropped from 48 minutes to 6.2 minutes.

Anyone running this on a Quadra 840AV with the 68040?

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Kirsty Fischer <kfischer@uu.net>
"They will send a copy in my place."
PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / System 7.5.1

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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Benchmarking FFT routines on Mac IIci with MC68882 FPU under System 7.5
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In article <1996Aug01.205213.8454@uu.net>, kfischer@uu.net (Kirsty Fischer) 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.

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Brian Rodríguez -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."