Re: 68881 Installed?

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From: jeff
Date: Thu, 07 May 1987 16:01

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> How can a program determine whether a math coprocessor is installed?
> ...
> there any way to tell, besides having the program crash with an F-Line exception?

	You may be able to use the SFC,DFC registers in the 68010/68020 and
the MOVES instruction to access the 68881 directly.  However you'll
likely encounter a BERR exception if the FPU is not there.

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					  Jeff Wallace
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Subject: Re: 68881 Installed?
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Date: Thu, 7-May-87 12:01:51 EDT
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Summary: MOVES possibly?

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