Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 15:43:24 +0100 (MET)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: 386Max & DPMI 1.0
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 23:15:05 +0200 Marek Habersack
><grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> writes:
>>machine:
>>  am386DX 40, 8MB RAM, CD-ROM 4x, modem on COM2, 1MB 8900CL/D gfx 
>>card,
>>  Quantum/HP HDD 270MB + WD HDD 400MB, local bus hybrid motherboard 
>>(for
>>386 or 486), no FPU, 128 cache.
>
>umm........
>how can you have a DX machine without an FPU?
>Isn't that the definition of DX?
Well, I think you missed something - it was a 386 machine, they come without
FPU. i486 and higher have an integrated FPU while i386- have to have a support
chip installed in a separate socket. Anyway, I use this machine for testing
purposes only and was just curious what's wrong.

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