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From: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: (none)
Message-ID: <547@boing.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 88 16:28:35 GMT
References: <6018@louie.udel.EDU> <533@boing.UUCP> <1434@percival.UUCP>
Reply-To: dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck)
Organization: Boing, Milpitas, Ca.
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In article <1434@percival.UUCP> billc@percival.UUCP (William J. Coldwell) writes:
>
>The PA software that is currently out, will check for the existance
>of a 68881, and install the MathIEEE.resource properly (as mentioned).
>You may have an older version of the software, and may get the latest
>version mailed to you or off of the pay services.  The software does
>not auto-config, but may in the future, if I get around to it.  The
>new software also supports locking of the '881 so that you may have
>more than 1 task use it without barfing.  Ther current release version
>is 2.5, and you probably have REVISION 7.0 (the first release of the
>software before I got ahold of it).
>Bill
>
>{Dale, anything need to be changed to work with 1.4?}

As far as the Math Resource is concerned for 881 devices there should
be no changes required. I am already alpha testing the single precision
ieee library. I don't know if I have the correct person on the list
for the CMI device. Is Bob Krauth the correct contact?

If cbm goes to seperate buffers for exec task switching, there may need
to be a rev to the software that saves/restores the 881 state. I'm sure
all manufactures will be willing to make this necessary change if 1.4
requires it.


Has anyone tried using some other math speed up device besides the
881?

>-- 
>               William J. Coldwell - Amiga Attitude Adjuster


-- 
Dale Luck     GfxBase/Boing, Inc.
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