josephdaniel
Experienced Member
Anyone know of any games or programs that use the 8087 co-processor besides Lotus 123 and auto cad?
CheckIt Diagnostics software will check/test the 8087 maths co-processor.I have never even so much as tested my 8087 to see if it's real...
There is an astronomy program called 'LodeStar' from Zephyr Services that used the 8087 to good advantage. LodeStar is a night sky type planetarium program that can calculate and plot a sky view, looking in any direction, for any date. I originally used the program as an observing tool with my telescope, and finally bought an 8087 ($100+) for my PC to speed up the results. The difference in performance was fantastic. Attached is a description listing. I still occasionally use this astronomy calculator program!
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I'll bet that was a loooong time ago. Whaddya' think 8087s cost 15 or 20 years ago?Wait, you spent $100 on an 8087?
Wait, you spent $100 on an 8087?
Windows 3.0 had a file called *87.DLL. I think that is used for machines, that did not have a real FPU?
CheckIt Diagnostics software will check/test the 8087 maths co-processor.
The particular check/test is done during the 'System Board' test within CheckIt.
CheckIt refers to the maths co-processor as the "NPU" (numeric processor unit).