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Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki

Subject: Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
From: spike1@freenet.co.uk
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:08:03 GMT
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Peter de Vroomen <peterv@-saynotospam-.retepv.demon.nl> did eloquently scribble:
> 
> 
>> Pentium 4 AKA i686 *IS* very VERY similar to RISC.
> 
> Sorry, but the Pentium 4 is not i686. The Pentium 4 is ia32. The i686 is a
> RISC processor family of Intel. I believe it was meant specially for media
> purposes (audio, video), but I'm not sure.

Um...
I think you're slightly confused...
i686 is the general architecture, ia32 is just an even more general name for
it.
Pentium4(all 32bit variants), athlon(all 32bit variants) count as i686.
All pentiums (I,MMX,II,III,IV), 486s and 386, athlon, cyrix etc count as ia32

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References:
- life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
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- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: "Peter de Vroomen" <peterv[at][spamblock]jaytown[dot]com>
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: zwsdotcom@gmail.com
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet>
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: zwsdotcom@gmail.com
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: "Peter de Vroomen" <peterv[at][spamblock]jaytown[dot]com>
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic@ping.at>
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: spike1@freenet.co.uk
- Re: life extension of old computers thanks to opensource Contiki
  - From: "Peter de Vroomen" <peterv@-saynotospam-.retepv.demon.nl>

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