Re: AMD K5 vs. Intel i586 (a.k.a. "Genuine Pentium")

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From: Stephen Knilans
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article <57dag0$e5t@q.seanet.com> duanec@mlnk.com (Duane Charron) writes:
>I beg to differ.  I am fairly sure that the K5 is not 100% compatible
>with the Pentium.  There are some instructions in the Pentium, that
>are not in the K5.   That is why I went with the Pentium.  Everything
>I have read, and have asked AMD about, is that the K5 is a souped up
>486.  
>
>			Duane

WRONG!  You are confusing it with a 5x86!

The ONLY 100% INTEL compatible chip is.....??????  Even INTEL is not INTEL
compatible!  Some P5s don't work with others in SMP, and some have minor/major
flaws that you can only really know when you look for them!

INTEL IS the most compatible though.  The AMD K5 apparantly tests to be a 
pentium on some programs, and is win95 certified!

Steve

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From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans)
Subject: Re: AMD K5 vs. Intel i586 (a.k.a. "Genuine Pentium")
Date: 1996/11/26
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