From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <200101021934.UAA29017@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: v1: floating point on 386, v2 FAQ 11.1
In-Reply-To: <5567-Tue02Jan2001205117+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> from Eli Zaretskii at "Jan 2, 2001 08:51:17 pm"
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According to Eli Zaretskii:
> I think in v1.x, you couldn't force emulation.  I don't remember why,
> though.  Perhaps because v1.x didn't call the DPMI functions for the
> emulation?  (In fact, FP emulation didn't work at all in v1.x when
> running in DPMI mode.)

But on a 386, using v1, I need the setting "387=YES" otherwise it
crash with a message ~"No coprocessor present" (I don't remember the
exact words).

> > Perhaps this setting was inverted in v1?
> 
> Hmm?  What did you meant to say by that?

In v1, I need "387=YES" for it to work.

In v2, I don't need any setting for it work. But if I would need one
the FAQ says I should use "387=N".


Right,

						MartinS