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From: andre@maties.sun.ac.za (Andre B. Skarzynski)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] instlling fpu results in floating exceptions
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Organization: Electronic Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 10:02:30 GMT
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In article <6440@tuegate.tue.nl> jim@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump) writes:

>Hi,

>I also bought one a few day ago(ULSI). This fpu causes the same problems
>described above. Since I installled the pfu gcc is stop frequently]
>by SIGNAL 6. Very stange.....

>I hope someone has some experience with this.

>Jim.
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I also have this problem with my '287 npu installed. But sometimes 
if I run gcc again on the same code it works! Strange.

It is an intel 287. I think.