Re: Obscure FP problem

Can he check the CPU type from the Polyforth commandline?
This Win32forth page has a CPU.F in their toolset. I had not
seen code at SF for checking a CPU, but if his OS is not
reporting the CPU correctly that would not be a good sign.
How would the Polyforth be working around that error? Is the
Swiftforth dependant of Win API that Polyforth is not?

Jodell

>
> Hi, I have a customer support issue you may be able to help with.
>
> He has a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop, Pentium III, Win98SE. He also
> has 2 other PCs, desktop models. He has used polyFORTH and
> SwiftForth.
>
> If he loads SwF floating point and configures it for the hardware
> stack on the Dell, it doesn't work even on simple phrases like 2E0 n.
> (says "Nothing on numeric stack"). Same phrase works fine
> w/ software stack and with hardware stack on other PCs.
> His polyFORTH FP works fine on all 3 computers.
>
> His "System Properties" actually describes this processor
> as "x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6" in the place where my
> Dell says "Pentium II Processor MMX Technology".
>
> Sounds to me like some obscure hardware incompatibility.
> Any of you have this computer or any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Elizabeth
>
>

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