Subject: Re: Performa 467 FPU
To: Edward Seth Miller <esmiller@engin.umich.edu>
From: tcjam <tcjam@voicenet.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/11/1997 10:53:46
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Edward Seth Miller wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Johan Claesson wrote:
> 
> > Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
> > > 
> > > >I saw that NetBSD is running on Performa 467s but requires a FPU.
> > > >Anybody have any idea where I can get one?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Check the back of MacWeek or MacWorld
> > > 
> > > Dan Killoran
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > You can't actually buy a FPU, you must buy the whoole processor.
> > Which means that you must replace the old FPU-less processor with the
> > full FPU equiped one. I did so on my Performa 475, it wasn't really
> > hard. A screw driver will do must of the job (but be careful).
> 
> Actually, the Performa 467 is 68030-based, not 68LC040-based, so it does
> use an external FPU (a 68882).  The original answer was correct.
> 
> 	-Seth Miller
> 
> 

Not only that but someone should give this poor person a simple answer
like he doesn't need an actual FPU since NetBSD/mac68k has FPE (Floating
Point Emulation). I'm running NetBSD on my P460 just fine without an FPU.

tcjam