From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,aa67018f272e5dda X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-29 03:10:05 PST From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3AC264E3.742D050E@kg.hsanet.net> <3ac2e5ba@pull.gecm.com> <3AC3061F.584053EE@kg.hsanet.net> Subject: Re: Green Hills 64 Bit Float Problem on PowerPC 603 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:08:18 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 NNTP-Posting-Host: sg2c11210.dsge.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Message-ID: <3ac315d1$1@pull.gecm.com> X-Trace: 29 Mar 2001 12:00:33 GMT, sg2c11210.dsge.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!isdnet!grolier!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!newreader.ukcore.bt.net!pull.gecm.com!sg2c11210.dsge.edinbr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6200 Date: 2001-03-29T12:08:18+01:00 List-Id: Why should be trick because it's a real time system? If need be just cut-and-paste the type in to a simple 'main' procedure and to some stuff. Mind you those logistics of yours sound a bit of an nightmare - why not send the code here and get someone with a handy rig to get some results! :-) > Well, its a real time system. Inserting anything isn't exactly the easiest > thing to do. None of the code for it is mine - I'd have to get someone to > make a special build, maybe init a long float to a certain value and then > capture it. It'd involve a special lab run at a lab that's a matter of a half > hour or so to bring on line, etc. No, the easiest thing would be for someone > here with specific knowledge of how a Power PC chip on an MVME board treats > long floats to gimmie a clue about it!