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- ║ SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND INTEL MATH COPROCESSORS ║
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- ASYST AND THE 387DX
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- ASYST Rev 1.56 and earlier are incompatible with the 387(TM) DX.
- Contact ASYST for a patch which fixes the problem. Their
- technical support number is: (716) 272-8211.
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- BASIC INTERPRETERS THAT SUPPORT THE 8087
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- The PC Tech Journal from June, 1986 issue compared seven versions
- of Basic. Here is their chart on math coprocessor support taken
- from page 52 of that issue. Better Basic was judged the best in
- the review.
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- ┌─────────────────┬─────────┬──────────────────────┐
- │ PRODUCT: │ VERSION │ 8087 / 80287 SUPPORT │
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- │ BASICA │ 3.0 │ NO │
- │ BETTER BASIC │ 2.0 │ OPTIONAL │
- │ BUSINESS BASIC │ 7.3 │ NO │
- │ MEGA-BASIC │ 5.23 │ NO │
- │ PRO. BASIC │ 2.04 │ OPTIONAL │
- │ TRUE BASIC │ 1.0 │ YES │
- │ WATCOM BASIC │ 2.5 │ YES │
- │ TURBO BASIC │ │ YES (BORLAND) │
- │ QUICKBASIC │ │ YES (MICROSOFT) │
- └─────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────────────┘
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- J.K. LASSER'S YOUR 1990 INCOME TAX
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- Simon & Schuster Software reports this program can cause a
- computer to lock up when a math coprocessor is present. Removing
- the math coprocessor may prevent the lockup.
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- LOTUS 1-2-3 AND SYMPHONY @NA FUNCTION
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- The @NA function in 1-2-3 version 2.01 and early versions of
- Symphony will not work correctly on a system with a 387DX
- installed. The problem has been corrected in 1-2-3 version 2.2.
- The phone number for Lotus Development is (617) 253-9150.
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- MATHSOFT MATHCAD 2.5
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- A customer reported MathCad version 2.5 gave the error, "floating
- point module not loaded". A previous version worked fine. The
- vendor said it was caused by a compiler problem and would be
- fixed. MathSoft: 617-577-1017.
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- February 25, 1991 Intel FaxBack # 3052 Page 1
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- MICROSOFT FORTRAN COMPILER V 4.0
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- Microsoft Fortran Version 4.0 is incompatible with the 387. It
- works fine with the 80287. Contact Microsoft for more
- information: 206-882-8088
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- RELATIONAL SOFTWARE: SPSS/PC
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- This program uses a math coprocessor, but may hang when checking
- for coprocessor. A fix is available from SPSS tech support: 312-
- 329-2400.
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- SOFTWARE CAROUSEL PATCH FOR THE RARE 387DX ERROR
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- This was submitted from Gary Gagnon of SoftLogic Solutions Tech
- Support to "...correct the problem with the 387DX math co-
- processor chip and Carousel".
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- The patch is a DEBUG patch to the file CAROUSEL.PGM and is as
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- DEBUG CAROUSEL.PGM
- -E 0E85 CD 77 86 09 47 CE 08 0E 8F <RETURN>
- -E 6280 5F 04 47 <RETURN>
- -E 6285 4C 7B 09 <RETURN>
- -E 62A3 73 DD A1 42 F9 <RETURN>
- -E 6219 ED <RETURN>
- -W <RETURN>
- -Q <RETURN>
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- Please contact Gary Gagnon at Ph: 603/644-5555
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- February 25, 1991 Intel FaxBack # 3052 Page 2
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