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   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 21/02/2025 12:46 pm, Stan Brown wrote:   
   > On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:27:09 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> I remember the advent of the 386 which had many capabilities that were   
   >> not used at the time. That CPU was amazing, compared with the 286 and 8086.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think that was the first one that didn't need a   
   > separate floating-point processor, right?   
   >   
   That rings a bell ...... but what had we done with out the   
   'floating-point processor' previously?? Used a seperate, discreet,   
   'floating-point processor', maybe .... which, I suppose, would make the   
   process a bit slower.   
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