We're getting rather off-topic here... Mike Burger wrote: > As I recall, though, the initial message mentioned Fedora...ah, here it > is: > > "i already have fedora core installed on my AMD K6(3D now)machine." > > Although, looking at it, now, I note the 3DNow notation, and I don't > recall that being available on the K6 line...he may well have a K7 > Athlon/Duron) and just misnomered. Jeff Ratliff replied: > This probably refers to the K6-III (also called K6-3 or K6-3DNow!). It was > a short lived processor. I think it came out in a 400 Mhz and 450 Mhz > version. I'm running a 400 here in my little mail server box (it just > serves mail to me, mostly). It had a weird tri-level cache structure, > and the 400 Mhz version was just a tad slower than a P3-450. AMD > dropped marketing for it as the K6-2 went to 450 and 500 Mhz speeds, > then the Athlon came out, and it didn't matter any more. Here's a > link to AMD's page on the chip. > > <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_1260_1288,00.html> True, but the K6-2 had 3D-Now too (it was what made it a K6-2 rather than a plain K6). As you implied, the K6-III was much more expensive, came out rather later, and was rapidly replaced by the Athlon, so it's a lot less common than the K6-2. (I understand the K originally stood for kryptonite, from the Superman stories). None of this should affect the original poster... James. -- E-mail address: james | "In these troubled times, it's always refreshing to @westexe.demon.co.uk | see a major company concentrating on vital issues. | It would be even more refreshing if Compaq tried it | for once." -- The Inquirer
