Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:06:44 +0100 (CET)
From:	Wilmer van der Gaast <lintux AT dds DOT nl>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: assembly language and AMD processors
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 GAMMELJL AT SLU DOT EDU wrote:

>      Is the assembly language instruction set for an AMD processor 
> identical to the instruction set for the Intel 486 architecture?
> Or is it more like the instruction set for an alpha processor?
>      Thanks. jlg.
Of course they are identical, if they weren't, programs would have
to be written separately for Intel, AMD, Cyrix, IDT, Rise, etc.
These processors are x86 compatible.
You are right about the alpha, that one needs separately written
programs.
You can say that, if it runs the original MSDOS 6, it's x86
compatible.


Greetings,

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Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl)
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