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From: ray@vax135.UUCP (Raymond Soneira)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: 8087 software emulator
Message-ID: <686@vax135.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-May-84 22:10:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: vax135.686
Posted: Tue May 15 22:10:42 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 16-May-84 07:40:04 EDT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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	The proper way to perform an 8087 software emulation is to
always have the compiler generate the 8087 opcodes and let the linker/loader
search for the opcodes and substitute library function calls that emulate
the 8087 when the hardware isn't there.  It is perfectly transparent.