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From: limoges@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Excel on LC...the FPU question
Keywords: Excel,FPU
Message-ID: <4497@ac.dal.ca>
Date: 20 Apr 91 16:59:12 GMT
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Organisation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hi,

Just want to clear up a small thing about Excel. You DO NOT need a math
coprocessor! If you have one installed though, Excel will take advantage of
it. I own Excel 2.2, and it has worked fine on my SE, and gives me no trouble
now with my IIsi, which has the NuBus card with the FPU.

There is a small problem if you have a 68030 Mac and no FPU: Excel 2.2 checks
only for the 68030, and assumes that there is an FPU, which is not always
the case, as with a stock IIsi. The fix is to get a corrected release of
Excel (I think it's called 2.2a or something like that), or run PseudoFPU. I
don't know if this problem is also present with the LC.

Hope this clears the air, Bertrand Limoges