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Grote Reber and the 'Square Kilometre Array' Near Bothwell, Tasmania (2017)

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Summary

An analysis of Windows 3.1's x87 FPU emulation (WIN87EM.DLL) and its controversial interrupt handler. It examines how developers patched the math exception handling to accommodate buggy hardware, and discusses the historical lessons about documenting bugs and maintainability in low-level systems.

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