#Running 3DS3 on an SX ?
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Does anyone know if it is possible to run 3DS on a 386SX or DX processor and if
it is possible to run it on a 486SX, if so How?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanx,
🙂 Devin (:
Devin,
Yes, you can run 3D Studio with any of those processors, as long as you
ALSO have the requisite math coprocessor (for a 80386 cpu, you need the 80387
chip of the same speed). For the SX systems, you need the SX version of the
math coprocessor.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
3ds ver.1 was designed to run on 386 machines, but it only worked if you had
a matc-coprocessor.
CASEY
Devin;
It is possible, but you either need a math co-processor or an emulation
software TSR that tricks 3DS into thinking that a math co-processor exists. The
emulation software actually acts like the math co. But it is BRUTALLY slow.
If you are interested in the math co software there is a company called
Quickware that makes a very good one. There number is 512/280-1452 or at least
it was about a year and a half ago.
Good Luck.
Zac (AZ-TECH)
Berkeley
-Zac Rymland (AZ-TECH)
There is also a file called Q87.zip in tha Autocad forum utility library that
emulates a co-processor.
Bob Kohl
Cedille inc.
-Bob Kohl
>>There is also a file called Q87.zip in tha Autocad forum utility library
that emulates a co-processor.<<
This is the same utility, but is a demo version, it works for about 20 minutes
then stops, good enough to figure out if you like it.
Zac (AZ-TECH)
Berkeley
-Zac Rymland (AZ-TECH)