[comp.sources.wanted] IEEE Float Emul. for 68000, 68020

geof@imagen.UUCP (Geoffrey Cooper) (01/22/87)

Does anyone know of a GOOD package that does IEEE floating
point (single and double precision) on the 68000 and/or the
68020?  (yes, I know about the 68881.  If we can get a good
emulation, we'd like to save the not-inconsiderable dough for
that chip).

A good package is one that runs fast and gives correct results.

We're willing to pay money for this.  If someone has just
done such a thing for a company and wants some spare cash,
we might be able to work out a consulting arrangement.

- Geof Cooper
  IMAGEN

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oster@lapis.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (01/22/87)

Every Macintosh  programmer knows that a full implementation of IEEE floating
point, arithmetic and trig functions, is part of every piece of Mac system
software, and further that it is a separate sub-file, called a resource,
that can be extracted with standard Mac programming tools. And further
that the resource holds pure 68000 relocatable machine language, with its
entrypoint at the beginning, and well documented calling conventions.
However, it is not legal to use this code on anything but a Macintosh.
Maybe you can license the code from Apple.