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Yes, you can run i386, i486, i586 and i686 code on an i686 processor. There won't be any problem with versioning, as the i686 is call-compatible with the 486, 486 and 586.
Note that the converse is not true; with Intel architectures, each chip keeps adding new instructions, so 386 code will run on any x86 processor, but 486 code won't usually run on a 386.
Originally posted by Ryan450 great, so as long as I dont use a chipset that's higher then my chip I should be good .. whats the intel P4 classified as?
Originally posted by Ryan450 great, so as long as I dont use a chipset that's higher then my chip I should be good
Well, so long as you stick to x86 binaries, that holds true. But you can't run (say) a PPC program on an x86 at all; you'd need a PowerPC processor for that.
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