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Subject: Re: SMP motherboard advice... 
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:28:42 +0930
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote:
> > 
> > More to the point, there usually being only one L2 cache for the two
> > CPUs, and a single P6 being more cost-effective.
> 
>     Do P6 motherboards typically have separate L2 cache for each CPU
> then?  If so, maybe I'll buy a dual PPro motherboard, but start with
> just a single CPU.  Do PPro's still have problems running 16-bit code?

Er, the L2 cache comes *with* the P6.  There are two slabs of silicon 
inside it.

Most games these days are flat-model 32-bit code; W95 seems to run OK 
on the P6 if that's your concern,

mike