Re: What's wrong with Macintosh ?

In article <45jg31$k0k_at_news1.cle.ab.com>, "Katy Y. Wang" <wangk> wrote:

> Is there anyone know what happening here ?
>
> I created a simple form (4.0) on UNIX (sparc5), it worked ok. And I
 ported this
> form to PC, it worked ok also. But when I ported it to Macintosh, I got
 runtime
> error: 'Sorry, a system error occurred.
> "Oracle Forms4.0 Runtime"
> floating point coprocessor not installed.
> then it handed up forever.
>
> Hope somebody could me what's going on ?

Depends on the model of Mac you're using. Some use a 68LC040 chip that does not include the FPU.
Or, if you're running on a PowerMac the problem is similar. Im assuming Oracle is not native and so the Power has to emulate the 68040. Unfortunately it emulates a 68LC040 and so you get an "FPU not installed" error.

You may be able to solve this on by installing a shareware product called Software FPU which emulates the FPU that would normally be installed on a 68040 chip. You can get versions for any Mac.

More often than not the reason for this error is just what it says, your Mac doesn't have an FPU and the program you're running is trying to access one without checking first.

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