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From: benm@microsoft.UUCP (Ben MEJIA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Re: Help Needed about DSP C functions...
Keywords: Thanx ! More info needed...
Message-ID: <59217@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 90 19:52:56 GMT
References: <26@homer.cs.mcgill.ca>
Reply-To: benm@microsoft.UUCP (Ben MEJIA)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <26@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> philwzo@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Philippe WIECZOREK) writes:
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>	I did not manage to write a float number greater than 1.0 on the
>	DSP... I think it is a problem of representation between C and
>	DSP. If so, what is the DSP float format ?

    The 56k uses 24-bit binary fractions (i.e. 0.01 == 1/4).  Floating
point formats are not directly supported on the 56k. Presumably NeXT
provides some way to perform floating pt. arithmetic on the 56k.

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