Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!zardoz!dhw68k!macintosh From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.mac Subject: Macintosh Technical Notes - 235 Cooperating with the Coprocessor Message-ID: <24265@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 29 Jun 89 01:00:19 GMT Sender: macintosh@dhw68k.cts.com Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 132 Approved: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) [Macintosh Technical Notes - 235 Cooperating with the Coprocessor] Written by: Jim Reekes June 1989 The use of the 68881 or 68882 coprocessor is usually handled by the SANE package or by a development system's libraries. Some developers may wish to use the coprocessor during special circumstances, such as at interrupt level or installing their own hardware floating point exception handlers. In these two situations, there are special requirements that must be met. 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