Date: 02 Aug 1993 13:33:04 +1000
From: Bill Metzenthen <APM233M AT vaxc DOT cc DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
Subject: New FPU emulator for djgpp
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

People may be aware of my 80387 emulator for djgpp, which is available
from djgpp ftp sites.

I have become a convert to Linux and have not used djgpp for some time
now. Linux uses an FPU emulator which I have written. This emulator
emulates an 80486 FPU and is much more complete than the emulators
which are currently available for djgpp.

I have finally made a port of the Linux emulator to djgpp. At this
stage I would like a few volunteers to test the emulator. I have done
some very basic tests and one other djgpp user has so far tested it.

It is probably significantly(?) slower than my older emulator
(although still faster than djemu), but more capable and much better
debugged (apart from the djgpp interface).

Unlike with my older emulator, I do intend making the source for this
emulator available. Indeed the majority of the source is identical to
that for the Linux emulator and the source for Linux is available from
many ftp sites, bulletin boards, cdrom, etc. My current thoughts are
that the djgpp sources will contain only the differences from the
Linux sources. I have done all of the compiling and linking of the
emulator under Linux, using the standard Linux tools, and there may be
difficulties in trying to compile it under ms-dos.

If you would like to volunteer to be a tester, please reply to me
directly by email.


--Bill