Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcca.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!ucsfcca!dick From: dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski) Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: IBM 360 float Message-ID: <400@ucsfcca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:52:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ucsfcca.400 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:52:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 01:26:32 EDT References: <2588@sun.uucp> <4127@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski) Organization: UCSF Computer Center Lines: 30 Summary: Try IEEE or me for 754 (&854) In article <4127@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes: >> manufacturer can make that claim!) This is why it's so valuable to have >> the IEEE 754 standard -- it doesn't have these anomalies, it DOES have >> valuable facilities lacking in other designs, and you can tell when you've >> implemented it right. There's a test suite (driver plus about 20,000 test > >Can someone tell me how to get a copy? Well, the right place to get IEEE standard documents is from The Secretary IEEE Standards Board 345 East 47 th Street New York, NY 10017 I have a few copies of the draft that was approved as well as copies of the binary and decimal format free draft (IEEE p854). There are test vectors available from UCB (address on request) for $100 and a program to show you how bad your non-IEEE arithmetic is. This last item is Paranoia, written up in the Feb 85 Byte. It is available in three languages (BASIC, FORTRAN, and Pascal) on floppy disk for $15. Call or write for more info, as if this weren't too much already. Dick -- Dick Karpinski Manager of Unix Services, UCSF Computer Center UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf!dick (415) 666-4529 (12-7) BITNET: dick@ucsfcca Compuserve: 70215,1277 Telemail: RKarpinski USPS: U-76 UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143