Subj : multitask or die!
To   : David Drummond
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Tue Nov 27 2001 09:07 pm

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Hello David - 

FD>> I never tried it and I think it could be difficult with
FD>> today's distributions since many of them are optimized at
FD>> least for a 486. But I don't think it's impossible. You
FD>> probably have to recompile some software for i386 

DD> Slackware 8 (the latest version) is compiled for a 386 by
DD> default. 

"Compiled for a 386" is used as a synonym for 32 bit only. It
does not mean the source code was restricted to using only what
the typical 386 would have in terms of memory or hard drive
storage. It's lay terminology that is adequately vague
(salesmen like this terminology alot!) 

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