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- Linux comes with an FPU emulator built into the kernel. This
- would work in most cases. This option can be configured into a
- custom-built kernel. However, the FPU the Mac program needs is a
- Motorola FPU which cannot be emulated or used under Executor.
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- If I'm wrong here, someone from ARDI please correct me... :)
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- - Chad Page
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- P.S> If you're having problems with mouse-clicking in
- Executor-DOS 1.99h, DON"T MOVE THE MOUSE after pressing OK to the license
- screen. This seems to help increase the chances of it working. Or, get
- Executor/LINUX running (I need to download the Slackware X series... :)
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- On Sun, 15 Jan 1995, Jesse Hong wrote:
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- > I'm running 1.99h Executor/Linux and I have a program that needs an FPU.
- > I noticed a software FPU at UMich, is there any way to emulate an FPU to
- > run these programs? I haven't heard recent mention of this and I didn't
- > see it in the FAQ. There is one mention in the Notes about PrePrint in
- > Black because of the FPU - does that mean that even 2.0 won't be able to
- > run programs that need an FPU?
- >
- > As a side note, just wondering why key repeating always gets turned of
- > in X Windows whenever I run executor, anyone else experience this? I just
- > turn it back on after with xset r on.
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- > Executor not using a private color map is great! No funky screen colors
- > for me anymore. Looking forward to the next 1.99...
- >
- > Jesse Hong
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- > Cambridge, Massachussetts 02139 Mechanical Engineering
- > http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jesse/www/homepage.html jesse@mit.edu
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