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Old 06-24-2003, 07:36 AM  
Sassyass
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Quote:
Originally posted by iroc409



ok, let's not get hissy about it . i realize the architechture itself of a 64bit device will not run a 32bit device, however generally (such as with the old alphas) you had a sort of software-implemented emulation that allowed running 32bit apps on the system, and in amd's case it seems that this is actually built into the hardware. that was where i was coming from.


http://www.amdzone.com/articleview.c...id=1296&page=2

that article is pretty interesting, you should read it.
No Hiss here.
I did read it. (Just before I posted that reply) I wanted to make sure that I was not talking out of my ass. I was lucky enough to have a father who was VP of DEC. I had this shit banged in to my head since I was old enough to understand.
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