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From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: WDOSX update (was: New DOS stuff - WDOSX 0.96)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:46:43 +1100
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Please see below ...

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Arkady V.Belousov [SMTP:ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:46 PM
> To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	RE: WDOSX update (was: New DOS stuff - WDOSX 0.96)
> 
> X-Comment-To: da Silva, Joe
> 
> Hi!
> 
> 12-ζΕΧ-2002 10:24 Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com (da Silva, Joe) wrote to
> "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>:
> 
> dJ> Well, someone has just given me an idea - does your 386SX
> dJ> have a 387SX co-processor?
> 
>      No.
> 
> dJ> Apparently (and I'm sorry, I hadn't
> dJ> realized this before), WDOSX requires a co-processor (perhaps
> dJ> a co-processor emulator will do) to work.
> 
> 1. Nowhere in text files I find mention for NPU.
> 
	[Joe da Silva]  

	That's right. That's why I didn't realize it was required.

> 2. For which reason NPU silently required for DOS extender?
> 
	[Joe da Silva]  

	Good question. It may be inadvertent (ie. a bug).