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On 2003.06.09 12:07:05 +0100, Paul Robinson wrote:

> OK, so if at the start of the handbook and on the website (the first=20
> paragraph on the homepage) it is appears as:
>=20
> What is FreeBSD?
> FreeBSD is a modern operating system derived from the BSD UNIX developed =
at
> the University of California, Berkeley. It is available for a wide range =
of
> platforms including desktop PCs (called by various people at different ti=
mes
> the x86, i386, IA-32 and PC-98 architectures - we prefer to refer just to
> i386 even though we mean everything from the 386 onwards), and the DEC
> Alpha, IA-64 and UltraSPARC architectures. It is developed by a large team
> of individuals, mostly volunteers.

But PC-98 is not just another name for i386, it actually has some
differences to standard i386.

--=20
Simon L. Nielsen

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