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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- Subject: Re: FPU support
- Date: 17 May 1996 17:59:04 -0600
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- >>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy William Yackel <jwyackel@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca> writes:
- In article <4ng41a$c4u@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> jwyackel@acs3.acs.ucalgary.ca (Jeremy William Yackel) writes:
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- Jeremy> Will executor emulate a FPU in future versions?
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- Maybe. But it's more more likely that we'll get SoftFPU to run first;
- see below.
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- Jeremy> I found a software-FPU but I can't figure out how to get
- Jeremy> it to work with executor. Does executor have a control
- Jeremy> panel like real macintosh computers? I think the
- Jeremy> software-FPU is a control panel device.
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- Executor does not currently support extensions such as INITs (which
- are pieces of code that run when a Mac is booted up) or CDEVs (which
- are Control Panel Devices). That means the software FPU can't work
- under Executor. This will be true for Executor 2, also.
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- Getting some INITs and CDEVs working will be a high priority after
- Executor 2 ships. The work isn't that hard, per-se, but the
- compatibility issues are tricky since INITs and CDEVs often do stuff
- that requires a greater degree of low-level compatibility than a
- typical application does.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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