First post, by GigAHerZ
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Wandering around the interent, i've found some programs/TSRs, that claim they can emulate maths co-processor in software. Of course slower than real hardware, but better than nothing...
With few of them i did a quick test by trying to start quake, but all of them failed.
At the same time, in theory, emulating x87 co-processor might be possible. You could use precalculated hashmap's and you could sacrifice some precision, by filling gaps between precalculated values linearly. (This makes it quite fast!) Many older games on PC and also on NES and other weaker consoles often approaced these challenges like that. (Calculated 8-16 values of sin, cos, tan etc and filled the caps linearly)
So in the end, in real life, are there any x87 emulators that actually do work?
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!