Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:48:01 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: uname -m ?
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On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> Nothing serious, but I'm just curious - why "uname -m" 
> prints plain "pc" instead of CPU type which is more 
> common on Linux?

Because there's no easy way to identify the exact CPU type.  If you
know about a safe way to do that without crashing on all supported
platforms, including NT and DOSEmu, please submit a change for the
`uname' library function.