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1.1     ! root        1: MAME note: this package is derived from the following original SoftFloat 
        !             2: package and has been "re-packaged" to work with MAME's conventions and
        !             3: build system.  The source files come from bits64/ and bits64/templates
        !             4: in the original distribution as MAME requires a compiler with a 64-bit
        !             5: integer type.
        !             6: 
        !             7: 
        !             8: Package Overview for SoftFloat Release 2b
        !             9: 
        !            10: John R. Hauser
        !            11: 2002 May 27
        !            12: 
        !            13: 
        !            14: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !            15: Overview
        !            16: 
        !            17: SoftFloat is a software implementation of floating-point that conforms to
        !            18: the IEC/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic.  SoftFloat is
        !            19: distributed in the form of C source code.  Compiling the SoftFloat sources
        !            20: generates two things:
        !            21: 
        !            22: -- A SoftFloat object file (typically `softfloat.o') containing the complete
        !            23:    set of IEC/IEEE floating-point routines.
        !            24: 
        !            25: -- A `timesoftfloat' program for evaluating the speed of the SoftFloat
        !            26:    routines.  (The SoftFloat module is linked into this program.)
        !            27: 
        !            28: The SoftFloat package is documented in four text files:
        !            29: 
        !            30:    SoftFloat.txt          Documentation for using the SoftFloat functions.
        !            31:    SoftFloat-source.txt   Documentation for compiling SoftFloat.
        !            32:    SoftFloat-history.txt  History of major changes to SoftFloat.
        !            33:    timesoftfloat.txt      Documentation for using `timesoftfloat'.
        !            34: 
        !            35: Other files in the package comprise the source code for SoftFloat.
        !            36: 
        !            37: Please be aware that some work is involved in porting this software to other
        !            38: targets.  It is not just a matter of getting `make' to complete without
        !            39: error messages.  I would have written the code that way if I could, but
        !            40: there are fundamental differences between systems that can't be hidden.
        !            41: You should not attempt to compile SoftFloat without first reading both
        !            42: `SoftFloat.txt' and `SoftFloat-source.txt'.
        !            43: 
        !            44: 
        !            45: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !            46: Legal Notice
        !            47: 
        !            48: SoftFloat was written by me, John R. Hauser.  This work was made possible in
        !            49: part by the International Computer Science Institute, located at Suite 600,
        !            50: 1947 Center Street, Berkeley, California 94704.  Funding was partially
        !            51: provided by the National Science Foundation under grant MIP-9311980.  The
        !            52: original version of this code was written as part of a project to build
        !            53: a fixed-point vector processor in collaboration with the University of
        !            54: California at Berkeley, overseen by Profs. Nelson Morgan and John Wawrzynek.
        !            55: 
        !            56: THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS, FOR FREE.  Although reasonable effort
        !            57: has been made to avoid it, THIS SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN FAULTS THAT WILL AT
        !            58: TIMES RESULT IN INCORRECT BEHAVIOR.  USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS RESTRICTED TO
        !            59: PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN AND WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL
        !            60: LOSSES, COSTS, OR OTHER PROBLEMS THEY INCUR DUE TO THE SOFTWARE, AND WHO
        !            61: FURTHERMORE EFFECTIVELY INDEMNIFY JOHN HAUSER AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER
        !            62: SCIENCE INSTITUTE (possibly via similar legal warning) AGAINST ALL LOSSES,
        !            63: COSTS, OR OTHER PROBLEMS INCURRED BY THEIR CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS DUE TO THE
        !            64: SOFTWARE.
        !            65: 
        !            66: Derivative works are acceptable, even for commercial purposes, provided
        !            67: that the minimal documentation requirements stated in the source code are
        !            68: satisfied.
        !            69: 
        !            70: 
        !            71: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !            72: Contact Information
        !            73: 
        !            74: At the time of this writing, the most up-to-date information about
        !            75: SoftFloat and the latest release can be found at the Web page `http://
        !            76: www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jhauser/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html'.
        !            77: 
        !            78: 

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