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From: allen@wittgenstein.arc.nasa.gov (John Allen)
Subject: Re: does MCL work on the centris?
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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:51:19 GMT
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In article <garges-1411941804540001@garges.ucsc.edu>, garges@cats.ucsc.edu (Kenneth Garges ) writes:
|> In article <IilwvMC00iUxI=CI8V@andrew.cmu.edu>, Franklin Chang
|> <fc0v+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
|> 
|> > Hi I'm trying to get MCL 2.0 to work on the Centris 610 with system 7.1.
|> ...
|> 
|> There are some patches from ftp.cambridge.apple.com that upgrade 2.0 to
|> 2.1. I think you need those to run on a 68040.
|> 
|> Also try turning off Virtual memory in the Memory Control Panel. Some
|> configurations of MCL have problems with VM.
|> 
|> I'm using MCL every day with large programs and have not seen the kind of
|> problems you describe, so don't be too hasty to return it.

There is a patch needed to run MCL on a Centris (because of the lack of
a floating point processor).  Once you've installed the patch it will work fine.

JA


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