Huh, good question.........
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, -michael- wrote:
> How come the tarball i downloaded from sun this morning with their newest java
> in it was an ...i386.tar.gz then? Wouldn't you think they of all co's (except
> of course Mandrakesoft) would be up to date on their optimization?
> my .02 US
>
> Vic wrote:
>
> > the i386 means optimised for the old 386 intel-based
> > cpu, the i486 is optimised for the old 486 cpu
> > and the i586 is for the current pentium or AMD K6
> > type cpu s The binary executables have
> > instructions contained in the appropriate cpu.
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Donald Jr Saxton wrote:
> > > Hello, All.
> > >
> > > Just a quick question...Please don't kill me.
> > >
> > > What does i386, i486, i586 refer to?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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