Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems

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Subject: Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
From: Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:00:45 -0400
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:53:46PM +0000, Joe wrote:

On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:34:42 +0100 Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:

Imagine a PC with 4GB adressable memory space in 1980.

I can. It would have cost as much as a mainframe to make full use of it.

More. Memory was often the largest line item back then, and ordinarymainframes couldn't afford much of it. The Cray 2 was a game-changer inthe supercomputer space with its 1Gbyte memory capacity. Mostly thosewere bought by three letter agencies, but some really large corporationsand universities with very generous donors got one.

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- Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
- Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
- Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
- [OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
- Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
- Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems
  - From: Joe <joe@jretrading.com>

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