You won't see any speed increase unless your programs use a lot of floating
point calculations.  Mathematical programs
will definitely see a marked increase.  For increased compiling speed, I
recommend an 040 based machine.  I use a
Quadra 700 for all my compiling needs and its speed is adequate. Takes
about an hour to compile a kernel.

Erik

Levi Sluder wrote:

> Does anyone know if adding an FPU to my LC III will increase it's speed
> by much? Right now it's taking over 5 hours to compile ncurses-5.0.
> Also, if any one knows of any good places to find used *cheap* mac stuff
> please let me know. Thanks for all the help...
>
>     -- Levi Sluder