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From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: NeXT-bashing party (hit "n" if you're not interested :-))
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Date: 28 Mar 91 17:25:28 GMT
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In article <2577@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> ptoper@obelix (Andy Nagy) writes:
>In article <4aQk02L406l501@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>,
>kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) writes:
>[stuff deleted]
>> Not that easy.  More pins on a '040 some of those pins are power pins.
>> The '040 doesn't have the full 68882 built into it.  This means that
>> either you have to trap the instructions and provide emulation via the OS
>> or you can recompile all your applications.  The '040 is NOT just a drop
>> in replacement for an '030.
>
>	How much (functionally) has been left out of the 68040 that the
>68882 has?
>

The transcendental functions have been left out, ie tanh, sinh, cosh,
etc.
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