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From: krooglik@gondwana10.ecr.mu.oz (Alex KROOGLIK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: ML FP
Summary: FP in asm
Message-ID: <4739@munnari.oz.au>
Date: 5 Jul 90 04:56:42 GMT
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  Can anyone help me. I have been programming in 68K on the Amiga for
around 2 years now and I have finally taken the plunge and tried to write
some FP software. However, I am finding this extremely diffcult. I have
considered using BCD but I find it too slow. What I would like to know
is if anyone has written FP software that is SUPER accurate. 128 bits
doesn't particularly concern me. What I basically want to know is:

               1. How do I turn a decimal number (eg 1.23123484) into Binary.
	       2. How do I then convert the binary into FP (ie Normalise it)

 I know all of the necessary rules for performing arithmetic, so I would
really appreciate anyones help on the above.


						Alex Krooglik
						University of Melbourne
						Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
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