On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:47:48 -0600, Leif Rundberget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes and No, a system that can only access 4GB of virtual and real memory >is a 32-bit system, not 64-bit. Just think back all the way to the >8-bit platforms, has the amount of memory that you can access ever >corresponded to the number of bits advertised by the platform? >Mainframes, YES. Intel, no. Where do you get the idea that the new AMD/Intel architecture can only address 4GB of memory? These are just as true 64-bit machines as 64-bit mainframes are. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
