Subject: Re: netbsd2-netbsd3 problems on IIci
To: Gheorghe Ardelean <ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de>
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/22/2005 08:26:01
> > > > > does your 68k have a fpu??
> > > >
> > > > The IIci uses a 68030, which has the FPU built-in.
> > >
> > > This is not true. The MMU is built in but the FPU has to be installed in a
> > > separate socket (this is the MC 68882/25MHz for IIci). Only the 68040
> > > has already the FPU integrated if it's not the LC version.
> > > So please look if you have it installed.
> >
> > I've never seen a IIci that *didn't* have an FPU.
> 
> I have checked and it is soldered on the motherboard and not in a socket.
> This means IIci has always a FPU as it leaves the Apple factory but this
> does not means that 68030 has a built-in FPU!

I'm quite sure the former is what Dr Killoran meant.

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