Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:06:44 +0100 (CET) From: Wilmer van der Gaast To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: assembly language and AMD processors In-Reply-To: <01JKDMTWXER68WWRAH@SLU.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: dj-admin AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk 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, --------- Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl) ICQ 55707076