Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amax problems with the Amiga 3000 Message-ID: <28053@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 21 Aug 90 17:14:55 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 16 In Article <27770@nigel.ee.udel.edu> writes: > 1. Can't handle math co-processor 88882 > i.e. Excel This is a bug in Excel, and happens on any genuine MAC II with the 68882 FPU chip. It seems that MicroSloth did not follow the rules as stated by Motorola for determining whether or not a FPU is present in the system. As a result, Excel now has the prestige of being one of the only programs available for the MAC which will automatically detect the 68881, but which will fail to detect the 68882. Typical. -MB-