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Patrick/RPG wrote:
> 
> Phil Brutsche <brutsche@uswest.net> wrote:
> 
[snip]
> 
> What about SoftFPU?  The software emulator for one?
(I'm not a Mac person) I don't think SoftFPU will work - when Linux
loads,
it takes over 100% from MacOS, so a MacOS FPU emulation program really
won't help.

Basically, Linux/m68k lacks FPU emulation code - the only code the
devel.
teams have access too either
 * doesn't play very nicely with the GPL but works great
 * plays nicely with the GPL but works like crap

That's been my understanding, at least; I gleaned that from
http://www.linux-m68k.org/faq/faq-4.html.  There's even more information
on the subject at http://www.linux-m68k.org/faq/faq-7.html#fpuemu.

The Linux/m68k homepage is http://www.linux-m68k.org/.
> 
> OpenBSD and NetBSD, but are they free/shareware/freeware/public domain?
None of the above - they're under a BSD-style license ala FreeBSD aka
open source.

More information on NetBSD/m68k is available at
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/index.html.  Oops - looking at the
OpenBSD page (http://www.openbsd.org/mac68k.html) your mac isn't well
supported.

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