[Pc_Support] i586 vs. i686?

[Wise Linux User]

On Wednesday 22 June 2005 09:54 am, Damien McKenna wrote:
> i586 is the Pentium, Pentium MMX and K5 chips.
> i686 is the Pentium Pro and anything based off it, including the Pentium
> 2, Pentium 3, Pentium IV, K6, Athlon, etc.
>
> Anyone else want to divulge some details on compatibility between them?
They all seem to run fine, for me and the children, on Linux! 

Not so on Microsoft windows.  It is getting hard to find any Microsoft 
products / drivers for most of them, and, for the support chips on mainboards 
that are of the vintage that they need, considering that many of us get our 
computers and parts used, with little documentation or support software.

Yes, I know how to go and get all the website stuff, but, some products have 
not been maintained after a few years, by their makers, due to mergers, and 
the expense of maintaining that data..

But, seems tha the AMD 64 bit cpu combo with mainboards have dropped 
significantly, so that it is almost time to dump all my older hardware, 
anyway, and switch to full featured 64 bit OSes, with the huge number of 64 
bit apps that exist in the Open Source world.  

Many of my sub 300mhz processors/mainboards could be used as IPCOP boxes.


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