14 Feb
2001
14 Feb
'01
11:36 a.m.
At 02:06 PM 2/14/01 -0800, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
At one point, "CE" was "Consumer
Electronics"! Did it change?
Yes, I think they started denying it stood for anything at all.
BTW, "98" will REFUSE to install unless there
is a math coprocessor!
What possible reasons could there be for an OS to need floating
point??????
An OS or an OS that comes with a slew of applications?
- John
14 Feb
14 Feb
12:49 p.m.
New subject: OT: Re: E11 / Windows ME question
>BTW, "98" will REFUSE to install unless
there is a math coprocessor!
>What possible reasons could there be for an OS to need floating
>point??????
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, John Foust wrote:
An OS or an OS that comes with a slew of applications?
A friend told me off-list that when copying a file, there is a graphic
icon of each bit being moved. He suggested that the floating point was
required for the OS due to some MICROS~1 OS programmer being unable to
compute the parabolic trajectory of the bits without using floats.
BTW, 95 will install on the same machine without the FPU (486SX).
Which apps, etc. are different? Or did MICROS~1 simply do the FPU
requirement to reduce the number of performance complaints about their
apps?
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
15 Feb
15 Feb
4:25 a.m.
New subject: OT: Re: E11 / Windows ME question
>BTW,
"98" will REFUSE to install unless there is a math coprocessor!
>What possible reasons could there be for an OS to need floating
>point??????
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, John Foust wrote:
An OS or an OS that comes with a slew of
applications?
A friend told me off-list that when copying a file, there is a graphic
icon of each bit being moved. He suggested that the floating point was
required for the OS due to some MICROS~1 OS programmer being unable to
compute the parabolic trajectory of the bits without using floats.
BTW, 95 will install on the same machine without the FPU (486SX).
Which apps, etc. are different? Or did MICROS~1 simply do the FPU
requirement to reduce the number of performance complaints about their
apps?
6 a.m.
New subject: OT: Re: E11 / Windows ME question
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:
I can't attest as to why the FPU is required, but
the animation you see
when doing a file copy is just a very small, looped AVI file. No
"trajectory" calculation is going on at all.
Once again, we were JOKING about that animation as:
a) producing animation for every bit
b) calculating positions for the animation
c) using float for the calculations
d) being THE reason why 98 "needs" a FPU.
all exaggerations, and presumably NOT valid.
But John has pointed out that the REAL reason why FPU is required is to
enable "Float", the dancing paper clip.
BTW, is any floating point required for the current Outlook (VTP) viruses?
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