From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 08:40:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC28106568C for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:40:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stark@mapper.nl) Received: from smtp-out2.tiscali.nl (smtp-out2.tiscali.nl [195.241.79.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7915F8FC0C for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.170.17.27] (helo=mapper.nl) by smtp-out2.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1MYyWp-00008m-Ti; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:40:51 +0200 Received: from bowser ([192.168.0.1] helo=[0.0.0.0]) by mapper.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MYyWi-000Hph-7E; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:40:44 +0200 Message-ID: <4A7A9709.9070803@mapper.nl> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:40:41 +0200 From: Mark Stapper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Erich Dollansky References: <200908051414.49468.david@vizion2000.net> <200908050654.26375.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <4A7A79BC.1030600@mapper.nl> <200908061631.04639.erich@apsara.com.sg> In-Reply-To: <200908061631.04639.erich@apsara.com.sg> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBF1F6B30153909D4ECA917CB" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:40:54 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBF1F6B30153909D4ECA917CB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Erich Dollansky wrote: > Because people using them, new what they were doing. > =20 And probably didn't care... > IA 64? Wans't this once - or still is - the term used for the=20 > Itanium? > =20 The one that didn't stick... indeed. > Yes, also Intel can fail. Intel also failed with their first 32=20 > bit design. Wasn't iAPX-32 ist name? Long before the 80386 came=20 > up? > =20 As I was an embryo when the 80386 was first produced, I searched for this one... Possibally the same thing though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432 --------------enigBF1F6B30153909D4ECA917CB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp6lwwACgkQN9xNqOOVnWADywCcCV/e6JfWghMq0pX5LAERDeTw jogAnjY4d7FegCWp8vEbFgqtDW0Rg36y =cOok -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBF1F6B30153909D4ECA917CB--