[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

[David Froble]

lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:21:08 -0400
> David Froble via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 
>> Since I touched on AMD surviving, I have to ask, if they cannot survive 
>> against Intel, then where is some entity going to come from that might 
>> provide an alternative to Intel?  Huh?
> 
> Why can't they survive against Intel? AMD is ahead of Intel in technology
> across the board and deliver better value. They have financial issues,
> perhaps with their management, and that should be able to be overcome.
> 
>> In the interest of not being another nail in the AMD coffin, I think it 
>> would be good for VSI to at least have code that supports at least one 
>> AMD configuration.
> 
> It's unusual but not unheard of for code not to run on both companies'
> chips. Certainly it is easy enough to avoid incompatabilities.
> 

It's not the CPU chips.  It's the other chips on the motherboard that 
can need custom drivers.

Buy an Asus motherboard that supports AMD CPUs, and you'll get an 
optical disk with custom drivers.  Video.  Ethernet.  Etc.