#floating point questions
My turbo silver disk has a normal version and an FP version, the latter
of which crashes the machine if it can't find a FP. I want to know in
general whether calculations are automatically directed to the FP when
possible, or does the FP lie dormant in programs that are not written
specifically for it? If I pulled out the FP in my A3000, would, say,
Perfect sound be able to put an echo on a large sampled sound with the same
speed as it does now? For example, does a spreadsheet recalc get sent to
the FP at some point? If so, what are the criteria to redirect a task to
the FP? Is it possible to direct large calculations to the FP if they are
not directed there by default? Could redirecting these calulations be done
by a DOS application? Anyone who can shed some light on these questions
(and also answer why the sky in blue, since I've asked everything else)
would calm the curiosity caused by extreme ignorance.
—K.H.–Salt Lake City.—