Hi
27 May 2001, "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TM> Actually in pratice this shows to not be correct. The problem comes
TM> when you use a Pentium Pro class CPU with those speeds. CPUs that are
TM> affected are: Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Duron
TM> and Thunderbird. For instance an AMD k6-2 will still run those
TM> programs fine even if you are well above 200MHz. (snip)
TM> Would the Athlon be included too?
SURE ... Every fast CPU is included - and Athlon is fast as hell ;)
(Bernie wrote Thunderbird meaning Athlon classic and Athlon Thunderburd)
TM> Does this Runtime Error affect Arachne?
It only affect programs written in borland/turbo pascal.
Arachne is not written in pascal.
TM> It is awful strange to buy a fast computer only to slow it down to
TM> avoid this Runtime Error!
I have never slowed down my Athlon.
If I think that I need a buggy program, than I patch it with tppatch.
If it is not possible, than I was wrong thinking that I need the program.
CU, Ricsi
PS: Google discussion:
Google is not a searchengine, it's _THE_ searchengine ... and I don't think
that the name sounds silly ;-)))
PPS: Google is actually a large linux beowulf cluster ...
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