[SunRescue] Upgrading the CPU/FPU on a 3/60?

[Kurt Huhn]

No kidding?  Ray Tracing on a 3/60?  That's painfully slow on my dual
PPro200, how did you do it?

Kurt


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Date: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Upgrading the CPU/FPU on a 3/60?


>On March 24, Paul Khoury wrote:
>> It means I can get better FPU performance if I stick in a 68882 FPU
replacing the 68881.
>> It also mentions it has to be pin and command compatible.  Would one from
a Mac fit the bill?
>> I somewhat doubt it, but thought I'd ask - came out of a IIfx.
>
>  A 68882 is a 68882.  There's no such thing as a "Mac 68882".  Go for
>it.
>
>  I used a 3/60 as my primary workstation many years ago.  I did a lot
>of raytracing and stuff like that on it.  I replaced the 68881 with a
>68882 and was very pleased with the increase in performance.  It's
>well worth the time if you're doing any floating point work.
>
>          -Dave McGuire
>
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