Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!csustan!polyslo!jeff
From: jeff@polyslo.UUCP (Skippy The Wonder Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: RISC floating point coprocessors
Message-ID: <1913@polyslo.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 88 23:09:31 GMT
References: <2038@obiwan.mips.COM> <571@taux01.UUCP>
Reply-To: jeff@polyslo.UUCP (Skippy The Wonder Hacker)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <571@taux01.UUCP> amos@taux01.UUCP (Amos Shapir) writes:
>In article <2038@obiwan.mips.COM> mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson) writes:
>>	1. The IBM PC/RT uses a RISC processor and, I believe, a Motorola
>>	    MC68881 for floating point coprocessor.
>
>No, it uses NSC's 32081 FPU chip.

Actually you are both right.  There are now three types of floating point
for the RT:

	1) FPA1 - uses 32081
	2) FPA2 - uses weitek(I think)
	3) New RT processors also have a 68881 on the cpu card

	Jeff Weinstein
	Computer Systems Lab
	Cal Poly State Univ
	jeff@polyslo.uucp
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