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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:34:40 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> >> I found some notes on the net "amd64 is for x86_64", unsure about |
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> >> that ... |
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> > That's right, the architecture was originally for the AMD 64-bit |
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> > chips. |
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> Thanks for clearing that, not very intuitive .... :) |
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It was when the only x86_64 chips were AMD, and changing the name now |
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would be almost as confusing. |
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