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From: tsc2597@acf4.UUCP (Sam Chin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: How do you detect an 8087?
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 18:20:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 27 18:20:00 1985
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How can one detect if a machine has an 8087 or not *without* looking at
switches on the motherboard (ie. using interrupt 11). Are there any
undocumented op codes which allow this? I seem to recall a discussion on
USENET a while ago but don't remember the outcome.

                                        Sam Chin
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