At 2:19 PM -0800 2/24/98, Chris wrote:
>Well, if Ken wants to continue working on the 68LC040 problem, I can
>probably donate him a machine for a while.  I know he must live in NJ if
>he is attending rutgers as his e-mail address suggests.  I live in NJ as
>well, so I could easily donate my Quadra 605 which has a LC040, if that
>would help speed up the process of getting LC040 support.

Ok, I just added Ken's address to this reply.  He graduated a couple of
years ago and moved back to Japan.  I'll let him speak for himself on the
other points.

>I did try the 1.3 Generic #1 a while ago, and since I have gotten 1.3
>Generic #61 to work on my IIvx I will try it on my Q605 as well.
>
>So, Ken, if you want the machine for a few days/weeks/months just leeme
>know and I can bring it to you...=)
>
>Chris
>
>On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
>
>> At 9:44 AM -0800 2/23/98, Colin Wood wrote:
>> >Lars Hagstrom wrote:
>> >[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
>> >> >> should i still install "libm-nomc68881.tar.gz" ?
>> >> >
>> >> >Yes, I would if I were you.  It should stop you from getting some errors
>> >>
>> >> I've tested my machine (lc630) with softwareFPU and speedometers fpu
>> >> benchmark, and it seems to work, so I concluded that my LC040 is alright.
>>
>> >> Are the errors I experience due to the FPE or is it something else, can I
>> >> expect them to get solved if i manage to compile the libm?
>> >
>> >The errors you are seeing now that you have installed the old libm are due
>> >to broken FPE.  What you are seeing now is probably "as good as it gets"
>> >unfortunately.  Many people have decided that the machine is usable, even
>> >with all of the segfaults.  Perhaps someone will find that final bug in
>> >the FPE?
>>
>> Now that Ken Nakata has a working MacBSD machine again you could beg him to
>> get back to this problem.  If you offered to help him with testing it might
>> make a difference.
>>
>> He did the '030 FPE we have and said he had figured out what was needed,
>> but wasn't able to actually implement it.  I gather it's more than a simple
>> bug-fix, more like a redesign since the '040 handles addressing differently
>> if I understood him correctly.
>>

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