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Old 07-28-2001, 03:50 PM   #1
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i have a amd 900 on a dfi ak-74ec with a mx2 agp what´s the name for this plantform (arq)??
 
Old 07-28-2001, 05:35 PM   #2
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What do you mean by the name of the platform? CPU wise like i686 etc??

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Old 07-29-2001, 04:52 AM   #3
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yes like i386, ppc, alfa.... with amd whats the name for pentiun is i386 aplle is ppc (power pc).thanks
 
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The AMD K5/K6 series are in the i586 class, while the the Durons and Athlons are i686... generically they all fall into the i386 group of processors.

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Old 07-29-2001, 01:09 PM   #5
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thanks Jharris
it means that if i buy the debian cd´s that are for alfa and i386 it will work on a 900 atlhon thunderbird thanks you really help me
 
Old 07-29-2001, 04:55 PM   #6
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it means that if i buy the debian cd´s that are for alfa and i386 it will work on a 900 atlhon thunderbird thanks you really help me
The i386 disc will the fine - a distro for the Alpha processors definately won't work though!!!

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