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From: cam@ptisea.UUCP (cameron elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Enterprise 3D database query
Message-ID: <222@ptisea.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 88 20:19:05 GMT
References: <2641@im4u.UUCP> <699UD140469@NDSUVM1> <635@naucse.UUCP>
Organization: Portable Technologies, Seattle Wa.
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Summary: A clue

If the 3D database is in CAD3D format from the Atari St,
the floats are in Motorola Fast Floating Point Format.

Which I believe is 23bits of mantissa, 1sign, 8exp,
or maybe( 24bits mantissa, 1sign, 7exp).
and the Most Significant bit of the mantissa is included in the
number. (Different from IEEE)
(Note that is why the most significant bit is always 1.) 

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Cameron Elliott		Portable Cellular Communications
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