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From: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: F.P.E.  (was Re: Apple II Video Overlay card -- Impressions)
Message-ID: <2915@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 89 21:10:24 GMT
References: <890412210818.25c00204@Sds.Sdsc.Edu>
Reply-To: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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>Is the slot 3 requirement bypassable in any way on a GS? My Transwarp is going
>in slot 4 (if it ever gets here... sigh... 5 weeks and waiting) because I have
>an F.P.E. (68881 Floating Point) in slot 3 (the only slot where it can live
>invisibly, without changing control panel settings...). And anywhere I move it
>to will cause problems by disabling something else, or requiring me to actually
>physically switch cards. Ideas? Thanks.
>								Rich


    Could you give us a run-down on the F.P.E.?  I've heard some about it
    but I haven't heard anything about how well it works.  I would really
    appreciate any info (and I'm sure a lot of other people would too.)
    Thanks in advance..


					Collin Douglas