BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 10-23-92 (09:29) Number: 374 From: RICK PEDLEY Refer#: NONE To: DAVE CLEARY Recvd: NO Subj: QB 4.5 and emm386 Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
On 10-21-92 Dave Cleary wrote to Rick Pedley... DC> It is with floating point operations. QB's FP emulation uses software DC> interrupts. When doing interrupts with a memory manager, DC> the processor has to switch from protected to real mode. It DC> is the same with all interrupts. It is just more noticeable DC> with the FP ones because they happen very frequently. Thanks Dave, I thought it was you (and maybe Cornel too). I take it there's no such problem using the /FPa switch? ... OFFLINE 1.40 --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: The BULLpen BBS * Intel 14.4EX (613)549-5168 (1:249/140)
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