Xiamin Raahauge wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > > I've always wondered this, what exactly does FPSP do? I have it in my
> > > config file, mostly because I have no idea what it is.
> > > I have a Q650, so I do have a FPU.
> > 
> > So you have an 040? Then you don't have an FPU. You have part of the
> > FPU built into the 040, and the rest (like the trancendental functions)
> > is emulated in the FPSP (Floating Point Software Package, I think).
> > 
> > Motorola released the FPSP w/ the 040 for backwards compatability. With it,
> > an 040 can support the full FPU software model.
> 
> Well, you learn something everyday. Although, "trancendental functions"
> sounds like it has more to do with religion or philosophy than with
> computers ;). Thanks for clearing me up, I guess I should leave it in my
> config file then.

I've often wondered where the name came from, but it's just stuff like
sine, cosine, and tangent (and all the variations that are supported).

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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