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From: alex@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Edmund Davis)
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Subject: Re: Excel on LC...the FPU question
Keywords: Excel,FPU
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Date: 25 Apr 91 19:09:51 GMT
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In article <4497@ac.dal.ca> limoges@ac.dal.ca writes:
>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


In fact, the same problem occurs on the LC.  Until the new macs came
out, Microsoft (among other) assumed that any machine with a 68020 or
better would certainly have an FPU.  Apple cut the FPU from the LC
and IIsi in order to bring the price down.
In summary, you have three choices:

--buy an fpu
--download FPU INIT from sumex
--call Microsoft and get the free upgrade

alex
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