wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu (William J. Bogstad) (02/02/91)
My older version of Excel doesn't want to work on my new Mac IIsi (no FPU). I've been told that there is a set of modifier keys to use the the application is launched which will allow me to continue to run my software without purchasing the FPU upgrade. Does anybody know if this is true and what they are? Thanks, Bill Bogstad
aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson) (02/03/91)
wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu (William J. Bogstad) writes: > My older version of Excel doesn't want to work on my new Mac IIsi >(no FPU). I've been told that there is a set of modifier keys to use the >the application is launched which will allow me to continue to run my >software without purchasing the FPU upgrade. I'd guess that the upgrade would be free (after all, it's MicroSoft's poor coding that is responsible for the problem), but for now: There is a fake FPU program that supposedly makes Excel think there is an FPU. Look in info-mac/cdev at sumex-aim.stanford.edu for pseudo-fpu-11.hqx. The header says: >AUTHOR: John M. Neil >EQUIPMENT: Macintosh IIsi or LC without a Floating Point Unit (FPU) >NEEDS: Stuffit 1.5 > >----------------- >PseudoFPU allows programs which require a piece of hardware called a Floating Point Unit (FPU) to work without one. Just drop this INIT/cdev into your System Folder and programs that formerly bombed will magically begin working. > >Version 1.1 allows Excel and DataDesk to always run at maximum speed. -- Brian Aslakson aslakson@cs.umn.edu mac-admin@cs.umn.edu <-= Macintosh related
rsfinn@athena.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn) (02/05/91)
In article <01.Feb.91.201223.28@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu>, wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu (William J. Bogstad) writes: |> My older version of Excel doesn't want to work on my new Mac IIsi |> (no FPU). I've been told that there is a set of modifier keys to use the |> the application is launched which will allow me to continue to run my |> software without purchasing the FPU upgrade. Does anybody know if this is |> true and what they are? Hold down Command, Option, and Shift while launching Excel, and it will disable the check for an FPU. You can also use PseudoFPU, as someone suggested, or call Microsoft and have them send you version 2.2a (although version 3.0 will be along in a few months). -- Russell S. Finn rsfinn@{athena,lcs}.mit.edu