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From: sir-alan!mikes@uunet.uu.net
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Weitek support for Sun 386i
Keywords: 386i
Message-ID: <1623@brazos.Rice.edu>
Date: 15 Sep 89 19:18:58 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 130, message 15 of 18

According to an article in MIPS magazine (issue currently on the stands)
Silicon Valley Software is now shipping a FORTRAN compiler for the SUN
386i the supports the Weitek FPU.  MicroWay also apparently sells a Weitek
FPU and board assembly that accepts the 387 and plugs into the SUN 386i
socket.

I have not used the product and have no association with either company.
The SVS compiler allegedly produces faster code than the SUN product and
MicroWay has a good reputation in the PC field for its support of 387 and
Weitek products.

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