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- Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
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- Date: Tuesday, 15 Dec 1992 15:20:56 EST
- From: <ACPS7221@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
- Message-ID: <92350.152056ACPS7221@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: IV-doc situation.
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- Hello all:
- It appears that the newest doc will not run on a 386 without a math chip.
- Although I don't have a math chip, I am able to compile and run doc. It only
- runs properly on a machine with a math coprocessor. I am not sure if it will
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- run on the 386 + 387 combination O.K., but it definitely does on the 486DX.
- Also, my computer may be at fault, so others without a math chip should try
- it and let us know how it goes.
- I am not sure what this says about out FPU-emu, (which is a fine piece of
- work IMHO). Perhaps under some conditions, it does not work properly. On the
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- other hand, it could be the compiler, kernel, or something else.
- All the other apps seem to work fine, so don't be discouraged from trying
- the patches to get idraw and ibuild built if you don't have the math chip.
- But if all you want is doc, get the older version 3.0.1 from the SLS package
- (it now has AFM fonts). It is roughly equivalent in functionality.
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- Regards, Michael.
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