From:	Vinzent Hoefler <JeLlyFish DOT software AT gmx DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: MICROSOFT has Bought Over Linus Torvalds!!
Date:	Thu, 13 Apr 2000 22:38:27 +0200
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Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> wrote:

[Windows95C and the AMD K6-II/350 Patch]
>> So if you have an intel or Cyrix processor, it will work?
>
>Truthfully, I do not know.

At the moment it does.
But who knows, we all know that faster processors already caused so
many delay loops to fail over the time... ;-)

>I don't think there is a problem with these
>processors, since I have not seen an equivalent patch for Intel or Cyrix
>processors.

That's correct. Their LOOP instruction simply isn't fast enough to
cause overflow.


Vinzent.

-- 
The best optimizer is between your ears.
                -- Michael Abrash

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