Re: PENTIUM III

["jack_sickels" <jack_sickels@email.msn.com>]

Can anyone tell me how I can check to see if my computer is equipped with a
PENTIUM II or a PENTIUM III processor?  My computer is supposed to have the
PENTIUM III processor, but when I do a system check on my computer it
clearly states I have a PENTIUM II ?  I have a HP Pavilion 8576C - have I
been dupped by Hewlett-Packard ?
    Anyone out there with the same problem?

        Thanks for any response (send e-mail to sender)

Steve Rencontre wrote in message <37be1601.62941031@localhost>...
>I get the feeling that an awful lot of people who consider themselves
>'real' programmers reckon that 'real' C == K&R C.
>
>K&R is undoubtedly a classic, but it's 21 years old and ought to have
>some kind of a party to celebrate!
>
>On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:39:18 GMT, in
><qbYu3.1309$pC1.95872@cac1.rdr.news.psi.ca> Spehro Pefhany
><speff@interlog.com> wrote:
>
>>In comp.arch.embedded Luc Van der Veken <lucvdv@null.net> wrote:
>>> I may be wrong, but I believe you believe he believes wrong
>>> wrong.
>>
>>> In C++, [the size of, for all] a char is smaller than or equal to
>>> a short, which is smaller than or equal to an int, which is
>>> smaller than or equal to a long (so a char and a long *can* have
>>> the same size) - and AFAIR C is generally less restrictive than
>>> C++.
>>
>>K & R says: "The intent is that 'short' and 'long' should provide
>>different lengths of integers where practical; 'int' will normally reflect
>>the most "natural" size for a particular machine. (...) each compiler is
>>free to interpret 'short' and 'long' as appropriate for its own hardware.
>>About all you should count on is that 'short' is no longer than 'long'.
>>
>>The C++ draft standard says:
>>
>>There are four signed integer types: �signed char�, �short int�, �int�,
>>and �long int.� In this list, each type provides at least as much storage
>>as those preceding it in the list. Plain ints have the natural
>>size suggested by the architecture of the execution environment* ; the
>>other signed integer types are provided to meet special needs.
>>
>>*that is, large enough to contain any value in the range of INT_MIN and
>>INT_MAX, as defined in the header <climits>.
>
>--
>Steve Rencontre, Design Consultant
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