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From: darryl@ism780c.isc.com (Darryl Richman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: FPP initialization
Message-ID: <26910@ism780c.isc.com>
Date: 1 May 89 20:11:04 GMT
References: <26762@ism780c.isc.com> <271@jwt.UUCP>
Reply-To: darryl@ism780c.UUCP (Darryl Richman)
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In article <271@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
"In article <26762@ism780c.isc.com> darryl@ism780c.UUCP (Darryl Richman) writes:
">However, the setup program for Intel's own INBoard seems to set the
">present bit, regardless of the actual presence or absence of a chip!
"VP/ix seems to do the same thing.  The equipment byte in the "virtual CMOS"
"says there's a FPP whether there is or not.  (VP/ix 1.1, ISC 1.0.6)

That's because VP/ix does "see" an *87 chip--the Unix kernel is running its
emulator and that's what VP/ix gets.

		--Darryl Richman
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Copyright (c) 1989 Darryl Richman     The views expressed are the author's alone
darryl@ism780c.isc.com 		       INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.-A Kodak Company
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