AT&T 386 UNIX Vr3.1

[Dominick Samperi]

In article <446 at uport.UUCP> keith at uport.UUCP (Keith Hankin) writes:
|3B2 machines have been around a lot longer, and a compiler for a 3B2,
|with regard to floating point handling is completely different.  AT&T
|has had a more difficult time (apparently) with the floating point in
|80287 and 80387 environments.

Actually, the system panics when "hello, world" class programs are run
if certain simple floating point operations are done, if the program is
compiled in the large model (under System V/286), and if an 80287 is
NOT installed. If an 80287 is installed, you get away with a core dump.
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Dominick Samperi
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