Well it makes sense for Netraverse to compile the code for more recent
machines (since it is its major audience). However, they could compile a
version for 486. Mandrake did so it must not be extremely difficult.
robert w hall wrote:
> Previous versions of win4lin have run fine on my DX4-100 laptop, and the
> current FAQ 'will win4lin work on a 486' reflects this position.
>
> Before I contemplate moving to v 3.0 on to this old but still useful box
> can I check that it should still work on a 486.
>
> And can I request that we be given _explicit_ warning if the modules
> were to come _compiled_ for pentium cpu only.
>
> Bob
>
> I say this with feeling having just installed the latest version of
> MI/X (v3.0.1, which is X11R6 based at last) on my wife's DX4-75 only to
> have it lob out in 'invalid instruction', and be told by MicroImages
> it's now compiled for a pentium only - this seems a peculiarly silly
> decision - using a legacy box as a remote X-terminal must be pretty
> common, and the change in speed in moving to pentium-only code barely
> worthwhile.
>
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