Wanted:387 SX

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Mon Oct 20 16:09:00 1997

<Whatever the coprocessor for the 386 SX was, does anyone have one?
<
<I heard that (at one time) there was a software emulator for a
<coprocessor...anyone ever heard of it?

the numeric coprocessor is the 387. Software emulator? What that would be
is code in the application to perform those operations. there was a package
I believe that was loaded to enable programs that expect the 387
to run but emulation is very slow compared to the real thing. A faster
alternative is to run the version of the program that didn't require the
387.

387s are still available and common enough.

Allison
Received on Mon Oct 20 1997 - 16:09:00 BST