SPARC has had the same 64-bit instruction set since 1995. They have added features similar to MMX. Older chips won't have newer features, but the basic 64-bit ops have been around forever. The SPARC
Super. processor is licensed under the GPL. You can download the processor
spec and contribute to its design if you were capable of doing so.
Cool. :) Only the most recent x86-64 boxes from Sun use SATA drives. Anything
that you're looking at will be using SCSI.
Excellent. Thanks for the info and the quick reply. It sounds like I have nothing to fear. Stephen -- Ray tracing rules: http://ray-tracer.blogspot.com /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
