Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!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: Date: 15 Oct 90 13:00:25 GMT Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 141 Approved: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) [10/90 Macintosh Technical Notes - 235 Cooperating with the Coprocessor] Revised by: Jim Reekes October 1990 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 systemUs 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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