Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/10/08/12:31:52
> I'm happy in that I have a solution that works (use the emulator
> without sources) but I'm unhappy in that I don't understand
> the other behaviour. What's more, I had earlier had a (presumably
> mistaken) impression that 486 processors performed floating-point
> instructions themselves, without the need for a 387 co-processor.
> I seem to be wrong. So what sort of co-processor goes with
> a 486 ?
This is the difference between a 486-DX and a 486-SX. If your Del machine
has an SX cpu, it means that the math co-processor has been disabled.
When I origionally heard about the 486-SX cpus, it seemed to me to be
a scam by Intel to sell defective 486-DX chips :)
>
> Thanks for any replies.
You are most welcome.
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