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From: quanstro@quanstro.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] AMD Sempron
Date: Sun,  2 Jul 2006 02:43:52 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cf1f78de9ae293b1e21979d1473ab938@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4853CB36-B716-4CDE-9F20-58D3583F1562@orthanc.ca>

they're 100% compatable in 32bit mode.

On Sun Jul  2 00:23:10 CDT 2006, lyndon@orthanc.ca wrote:
> > the chips either implement the
> > instruction set and architectural features you expect
> > or they don't.
>
> Not having played with any of the 64 bit intel/amd gear I'm not
> really comfortable with having to figure out the hard way just how
> "compatible" they are with 32 bit mode, despite (or in spite of)
> claims made by the manufacturers.  Hardware is just too fscking
> weirde these days.
>
> --lyndon


  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-02  7:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-30 17:25 Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-06-30 17:55 ` jmk
2006-06-30 18:05   ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-06-30 17:58     ` quanstro
2006-06-30 18:44       ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-06-30 19:07         ` Lou Kamenov
2006-06-30 19:29           ` Rob Pike
2006-06-30 19:53             ` easy laughs
2006-06-30 20:13             ` Re: " David Leimbach
2006-07-01 23:58           ` quanstro
2006-07-02  0:34             ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-07-02  0:48               ` quanstro
2006-07-02  2:19                 ` jmk
2006-07-02  5:22                   ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-07-02  7:43                     ` quanstro [this message]
2006-07-02  5:18                 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-07-02  9:51                   ` C H Forsyth

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