Re: How does one reach the developers of Virtual PC at MS

In article <1112997947.033820.158210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Unseelie" <unseelie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's unrealistic to expect the math to be correct, when both Connectix
> and MS have been quite upfront about the fact that VPC uses the Mac's
> FPU, and the Mac's FPU does not calculate to the same level of accuracy
> as Intel hardware (64bit Mac vs 80bit Intel).
>
> Connectix/MS *could* attempt to emulate a more accurate FPU, but that
> would result in a significant decrease in overall performance of the
> product.

There were problems with the math(s) in some Intel chips too. I don't
know if they fixed that or not in the newer chips. :o)

Helpful Harry
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