Re: 64 Bit?

Thaddeus H. Wood (thw@sentient.com)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 19:15:39 -0800

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>> Linux/AXP, Linux/Sparc and so on are fully 64bit, while Pentium still
>>32bit.
>
>The SparcLinux is 32bit, the Alpha is the only CPU we support currently that
>is even 64bit (Ultrasparc isnt yet supported)

The UltraSparc is now supported. More or less. With some minor caveats, it
seems to be pretty stable and blazing fast. See the SparcLinux page for more
info:

http://www.geog.ubc.ca/sparclinux.html

Cheers to the SparcLinux team.

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