IEEE quad precision

[Tom MacDonald]

I was recently asked about an attempt to standardize a 128 bit floating
point format through an IEEE committee 1754.  Rumour has it that this
format has already been implemented in the HP Precision Architecture.
Does anyone know what the charter of this committee is, and whether or
not a definition of the 128 bit floating-point format is available?
Thanks in advance for any information.

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Tom MacDonald
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