Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!usc!bloom-beacon!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request 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 Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 17 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu 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. Michael L. Squires uucp: {necntc,cwjcc,hoptoad}!ncoast!peng!sir-alan!mikes 752 Chestnut Street ..!{pitt,uunet!convex,uunet}!sir-alan!mikes Meadville, PA 16335 BITNET: mikes%sir-alan@pitt.UUCP (VAX) Voice: 814 337 5528 MIKES AT SIR-ALAN!PITT.UUCP (IBM) Data: 814 337 0348 Internet: sir-alan!mikes@uunet.uu.net login of "ubbs" for BBS sir-alan!mikes@vax.cs.pittsburgh.edu