On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Christian A Str�mmen [Number1/NumeroUno] wrote:
>> 80 386
>> 80 486
>> 80 586 (pentium)
>> 80 686 (pentium II)
>
>so 786 is pentium III ?
Don't know, I have never seen that.
>I have never experienced any package meant for 586 og 686 that have
>conflicted with my system (running PIII), so what is the point in giving
>them names then?
When you install an i386 package on a Pentium III that won't be a problem,
because the PIII is backwards compatible with the 80386. But people with a
486 processor in their PC won't be able to install a package compiled for
I586. A 486 will not be upwards compatible with a newer processor. That is
why the information on processortype is important.
Paul
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