From: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us Message-Id: <199607301632.MAA03104@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> Subject: Re: linux+dosemu with djgpp To: orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph (Orlando Andico) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 12:32:25 -0400 (EDT) Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: from "Orlando Andico" at Jul 30, 96 01:48:54 pm Content-Type: text Thinking furiously, Orlando Andico wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jul 1996 fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us wrote: > > > > 387=N > > EMU387=c:\djgpp\bin\emu387.dxe > ^^^^^^ > > Maybe this is it? does the machine have a coprocessor or not? I read > somewhere that the Linux developers consider FPU emulation to be a lost > cause, a dangerous land filled with demons, dragons, and bugs.. > It's a 386dx/40 without a coprocessor (I know, they're cheap these days, but I'd rather save the few bucks and put it toward a better mommy board than spend it on the old heap). I'd expect that Linux's FP emulator would handle the lack of a co-processor even for DJGPP programs, but in fact neither gcc nor programs compiled with it will run without that in the environment. WITH it, everything but make works. I dunno what's happening. Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / Office: fred AT computrition DOT com ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / 508-663-2524 / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 617-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------