ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND INTEL MATH COPROCESSORS º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ASYST AND THE 387DX ASYST Rev 1.56 and earlier are incompatible with the 387(TM) DX. Contact ASYST for a patch which fixes the problem. Their technical support number is: (716) 272-8211. BASIC INTERPRETERS THAT SUPPORT THE 8087 The PC Tech Journal from June, 1986 issue compared seven versions of Basic. Here is their chart on math coprocessor support taken from page 52 of that issue. Better Basic was judged the best in the review. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ PRODUCT: ³ VERSION ³ 8087 / 80287 SUPPORT ³ ÆÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍØÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͵ ³ BASICA ³ 3.0 ³ NO ³ ³ BETTER BASIC ³ 2.0 ³ OPTIONAL ³ ³ BUSINESS BASIC ³ 7.3 ³ NO ³ ³ MEGA-BASIC ³ 5.23 ³ NO ³ ³ PRO. BASIC ³ 2.04 ³ OPTIONAL ³ ³ TRUE BASIC ³ 1.0 ³ YES ³ ³ WATCOM BASIC ³ 2.5 ³ YES ³ ³ TURBO BASIC ³ ³ YES (BORLAND) ³ ³ QUICKBASIC ³ ³ YES (MICROSOFT) ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ J.K. LASSER'S YOUR 1990 INCOME TAX Simon & Schuster Software reports this program can cause a computer to lock up when a math coprocessor is present. Removing the math coprocessor may prevent the lockup. LOTUS 1-2-3 AND SYMPHONY @NA FUNCTION The @NA function in 1-2-3 version 2.01 and early versions of Symphony will not work correctly on a system with a 387DX installed. The problem has been corrected in 1-2-3 version 2.2. The phone number for Lotus Development is (617) 253-9150. MATHSOFT MATHCAD 2.5 A customer reported MathCad version 2.5 gave the error, "floating point module not loaded". A previous version worked fine. The vendor said it was caused by a compiler problem and would be fixed. MathSoft: 617-577-1017. ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ February 25, 1991 Intel FaxBack # 3052 Page 1 ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND INTEL MATH COPROCESSORS º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ (continued) ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ MICROSOFT FORTRAN COMPILER V 4.0 Microsoft Fortran Version 4.0 is incompatible with the 387. It works fine with the 80287. Contact Microsoft for more information: 206-882-8088 RELATIONAL SOFTWARE: SPSS/PC This program uses a math coprocessor, but may hang when checking for coprocessor. A fix is available from SPSS tech support: 312- 329-2400. SOFTWARE CAROUSEL PATCH FOR THE RARE 387DX ERROR This was submitted from Gary Gagnon of SoftLogic Solutions Tech Support to "...correct the problem with the 387DX math co- processor chip and Carousel". The patch is a DEBUG patch to the file CAROUSEL.PGM and is as follows: DEBUG CAROUSEL.PGM -E 0E85 CD 77 86 09 47 CE 08 0E 8F -E 6280 5F 04 47 -E 6285 4C 7B 09 -E 62A3 73 DD A1 42 F9 -E 6219 ED -W -Q Please contact Gary Gagnon at Ph: 603/644-5555 ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ February 25, 1991 Intel FaxBack # 3052 Page 2