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Subject: Questions about M68881 FPU
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Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 18:25:03 EDT
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I have just gotten a 68881 for my Amiga which I plugged into my multifunction 
card of my Starboard.  If anyone out there has a similar set up or knows about
it, please send me what you know.  Microbotics provided a MathIEEE library file
to replace the standard Amiga one, but they had no executable examples or
meaningful documentation.  Here are some specific question I have, but feel free
to ramble on(for this reason send mail to me rather than posting).
	- Can you use it like the Motorola User's Manual says it can
	  be used?  Meaning -- can I use floating point opcodes as if it
	  was a regular command?
	- What is the form of BCD floating point?
	- How would you convert from floating point to ASCII and back?
	- Why should I use the libraries rather than address it directly?
Those are some starting questions but please tell me as much as you think
is meaningful.  Also, if you have any examples you could send I would 
apreciate it.

Thanks,

Tom Epperly
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