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From: seg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v01i016: fract386, creates fractal display v2.1 (part 01/02)
Message-ID: <123@smsdpg.uu.net>
Date: 29 Nov 88 16:10:02 GMT
References: <588@ctisbv.UUCP>
Organization: SMS Data Products Group, Reston VA
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From article <588@ctisbv.UUCP>, by pim@ctisbv.UUCP (Pim Zandbergen):
> ....
>> It needs a 386 machine as it uses assembler coded 32 bit arithmetic for
>> speed.
> 
> This is funny, fract386 runs just fine under VP/ix with SCO Xenix.
> VP/ix emulates a 8086 pc. Can anybody explain this?

Apparently, VP/ix kindly gives your virtual 8086 copies of the 32 bit registers
to play with, too; fract386 doesn't do any strange and wonderful things with
the virtual memory, it just does 64 bit arithmetic.
		Scott E. Garfinkle
		SMS Data Products Group, Inc.
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