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From: gnatz@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Rupert Gnatz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP 7xx : Floating Point Co-Processor (FPC)
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Date: 25 Apr 91 14:31:08 GMT
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HP states that  "all arithmetic is performed in compliance with 
IEEE standard 754-1985". I would like to know precisely, what levels
of that standard are really covered. Is e.g. error handling rigorously
implemented?

Is there a specification available?

Thanks 
      Rupert

Technical University of Munich
Institut fuer Informatik
Arcisstr. 21
D-8000 Munich 2