From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Have I got a maths processor?
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:09:32 -0700
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To: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
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A.Appleyard wrote:
> 
>   Please reply to me in person, as I had to unsubscribe from djgpp because of
> email intray overload.

Can't you just read the newsgroup?  ;)

>   Has anyone out there got a function to test if the PC has a maths
> coprocessor? Will it reply TRUE also in modern PC's where the floating-point
> operations are built-in from the start and not added as a separate chip
> afterwards?
>   Has anyone out there got the function `int am_a_broken_Pentium();'? In
> detail, what are the differences in working between defective and good
> Pentiums?

I second the request, as I would like to have this information available
for the diagnostic program I am writing.  The program itself should not
use any FP math, but I think it's nice to be able to tell users what
they can and cannot do.


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