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Article #10587Re: Sun 4/110 FPU
From: ekrell
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1989 05:34
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1989 05:34
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>The Sun 4 (all models) FPU is not an option, but an integral part of the
>CPU that does all floating-point operations.
There is an FPU on the Sun 4s (the Weitek coprocessor). It's standard on
the 4/200's but is optional on the 4/110 (look at Sun's price list), so
the question is how do you know the 4/110 you got does indeed have an FPU?
We need something like /usr/etc/mc68881version on the Sun 3's.
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Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: ekrell@ulysses.att.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Sun 4/110 FPU Message-ID: <8901211407.AA21793@hector.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 28 Jan 89 05:34:58 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 13 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 89 09:07:57 EST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 126, message 2 of 12