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To: Kragen <>
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Subject: Re: Corel computer and beowulf
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 07:16:36 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Kragen wrote:

> 
> Well, they might be useful for some tasks even without floating point.
> Cycorp has stacks of LispMs doing inferences all the time, for
> example.
> 
> Kragen
> 

They do have software FP emulation, and 250 MIPS isn't too bad.  They
aren't contenders for raw performance, especially given that they are
stuck with a single 100 Mb Ethernet port.  But they are cheap, small, and
better than your average P200 (or so the developers say).

Brian Merrell        U. of Maryland      UM Linux Users Group
   College Park   http://www.umlug.umd.edu

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