Software Emulation of the Intel 8087 FPU on 8086/8088 Systems: A Technical Retrospective
Not too long ago I had a need and an opportunity to re-acquaint myself with the mechanism used for software emulation of the 8087 FPU on 8086/8088 machines.
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