Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/07/16/10:59:46
>> It seems that setting the "emu" field in the go32 environment
>> variable automatically disables the 80387 and uses the emulator
>> instead. Without it, I expect that the program will crash on a
>> non-387 equipped machine.
>One of the "future" projects for djgpp is to switch to a linked-in
>emulator instead of the go32-provided one. The linked-in version
>could install itself only when it doesn't detect a real 80387. This
>would also alleviate some of the code in go32.
>Currently, however, what you want to do is not possible.
I remember asking this question a long time ago - in the context of
"What will happen if I run a DJGPP compiled program that does floating
point on a 486 DX, but happen to have the emu field set in the GO32 var?"
At that time, I was told (by who I cannot remember) that it would use
the chip (i.e., would "do the right thing"). Was I misled?
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