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- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
- References: <jbickers.0m08@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec26.205020.14463@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <jbickers.0m4q@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1hkk23INNero@mozz.unh.edu>
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m76@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 12:00:55 PST
- Organization: TAP
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- Quoted from <1hkk23INNero@mozz.unh.edu> by pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro):
-
- > If I remember correctly (it's been a while since I've followed
- > comp.compression), the problems with PKZIP 2.0 only occurs in certain
- > 486 motherboards. It's got something to do with DMA and external
- > cache coherency, but it isn't a problem with the 486 chip.
-
- Yes, that's the way I remember it also. I'm not saying it's a
- problem with the '486 chip, I'm saying it's a problem with '486
- machines and the idea that programs can cater specifically for
- each of the generations of CPU.
-
- > Paul
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