PB 4.0 data types - no float vars?

[micha-b]

While trying to compile a pb4 shell proggy on my Amiga, I encountered that some of the basic data types that work with PC version 4.5 are not recognized by Amiga version 4.0 - so do those listed in the guide, e.g. Define reisTota.ul fails, though mentioned in the manual.

Also I can't find any floating point types in the Amiga version's manual. In fact, the only working types seem to be

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stringvar.s
bytevar.b
charvar.c
wordvar.w
longvar.l

Can't be there is no floating point implementation?!
So my Question is: Is there a complete list of all basic data types that can be used with PureBasic 4.0 Amiga?

Thanks for any hints!

[DarkDragon]

Did every supported amiga officially have a FPU?

[Caronte3D]

No, if I remember correctly... the Amiga (at least the 500) doesn't have a FPU by default.

[elwood]

Confirmed.
A1000, A500, A2000 didn't have a FPU for sure.
They appeared later with CPU cards like the Apolo030/060 or Blizzard cards.

[xperience2003]

pb amiga don't use fpu or have fake-floats

the standart amiga itself did'nt use fpu

the fpu come with an accellerator-card
and need to installed

i think a mc68060 have fpu-unit inside