Sorry about the dumb question, but does Mandrake or RedHat
employ the use of any risc architecture software?
I don't know how to say that
On Mon, 08 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> You are correct. the Ppro up to the pIII are all "686' class processors but
> they fall under the class pseudo 786 is you want to get technical. And yes
> the AMD K7 is the only 786 processor. Even then you could argue that. It
> uses a lot of the RISC instruction sets
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Stegman
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 3:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Choose Pentium? OR 586?
>
>
> On 5 Nov, John Aldrich wrote:
> > On Fri, 05 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> In menuconfig, (I have a feeling this is a dumb question) I
> >> automatically have 386 with an "X" next to it. I have a Pentium 233
> >> mHz. Is that technically a 586? I'm not sure whether to tell it that
> >> or Pentium. My Linux book says to check 586 but I'm not sure why.
> >>
> > Yes! A Pentium is a 586-class processor. I think Technically a
> > Pentium is a 586, a Pentium Pro is a 686, a PII would be a 786, and a
> > PIII would be an 886
>
> Not quite. P-II and P-III are both 686 processors. The first (or so I
> hear) truly 7th generation x86 processor on the market is AMD's Athlon
> processor. The P-III is just a hyped up P-II, which is just a P-Pro
> with MMX. Of course, I'm over-simplfying, but I believe I'm mostly
> correct. I do know for sure that neither the P-II nor P-III qualify as
> anything more than a "686" processor.
>
> --
> -Matt Stegman
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